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FYE 101: First Year Experience. Diversity. Activity. Common Threads Pass the yarn to someone with whom you share a common experience. Objectives.
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FYE 101: First Year Experience Diversity
Activity • Common Threads • Pass the yarn to someone with whom you share a common experience
Objectives • Define basic definitions/concepts relating to diversity including race, ethnicity, religion, class, gender, sexual orientation, physical abilities, learning differences, ethnocentrism, stereotypes, and prejudice. • Discuss the influence of culture on one’s personal values, perspectives, and attitudes. • Identify interpersonal skills to interact with diverse individuals in educational institutions, the workplace, and society in general.
Culture norms language CULTURE refers to shared: perceptions behaviors traditions
Culture is.. • The sum total of the learned behavior of any given society. • Learned • Shared • Adaptive • Dynamic
Individual Activity • Complete the Cultural Self-Assessment form
Group Activity • Split into groups of three or four (three is preferable) • Using the Shared Culture Worksheet, identify cultural characteristics all of your, two of you and only one of you share.
Class • System that structures group access to various resources: • Economic • Political • Cultural • Social
Class • Individual Responsibility • Societal Restriction
Class • Socioeconomic status • Income • Wealth • Occupation • Education • Power
Class • Population below poverty level
Class • Class and education • Greatest factor affecting socioeconomic status • Challenge of first generation college-bound • Not all cultures value education
Ethnicity National origins Native country of ancestors Weakens after several generations Race Social construct, not biological or scientific Like a caste system Racial identification varies“He can call himself whatever he wants, but he’s still black.” Ethnicity and Race
Ethnicity and Race • Educational disparity • Students of color more likely to be taught low level curricula with low performance standards by unqualified and inexperienced teachers • 62% of white students take algebra II compared to 52% of African-Americans and 45% Latinos. • African-American and Latinos less likely to go to college than whites and Asian Americans.
Activity • Boys are better at… • Girls are better at…
Gender and Sex • Sex based on biological differences • Male • Female • Gender based on cultural definition • Masculine • Feminine
Gender and Sex • Greater variability within than between sexes • Differences affected by cultural expectations and norms • Nature versus nurture
Exceptionality • Differ from the norm • Below • Developmental delayed • Learning differences • Above • Talented • Gifted
Socio- economic Status Beliefs of Schools Parental Expectations Child Rearing Practices Student Achievement Summer Experiences School Funding Quality of Instruction Cultural Beliefs Factors that Affect Student Achievement