How do you experience privilege and marginalization?
I experience privilege in my perceived whiteness, economic status, ableism, and sexual orientation. I am sometimes marginalized for my female identity. Overall my privileges outweigh my marginalization. The Buzzfeed quiz from "Stretching Our Thinking" helped to identify these areas.
Who sees themselves and their own lives reflected in our curriculum and our classroom materials?
As a woman scientist, I think that my young female students see me reflected in my class. Within my curriculum I try to incorporate all colors and genders. For example I have posters in my room that represent a diverse group of scientists in my room. I intentionally use practice problems with an array of names in the questions. I lean on Khan Academy for notes that include diverse authors. Within short videos of content/scientist references, I intentionally use mirrors. For example I have a video with Niel deGrasse Tyson in which he is having a conversation about tides with a black colleague. I use a Stephen Hawking video is space and show students that Stephen was in a wheelchair and has accomplished so much. I recently did a dive into Suni and Butch's return back to Earth from the ISS. I include gender neutral phrasings by calling my students "scientists".
How might you use your own privilege to make your classroom and school more equitable?
I think I could improve my digital Google Classroom with a section of resources to dive deeper into scientific discoveries, culture, and current research. Having these materials posted digitally will allow all students to have access within school hours.
I experience privilege in my perceived whiteness, economic status, ableism, and sexual orientation. I am sometimes marginalized for my female identity. Overall my privileges outweigh my marginalization. The Buzzfeed quiz from "Stretching Our Thinking" helped to identify these areas.
Who sees themselves and their own lives reflected in our curriculum and our classroom materials?
As a woman scientist, I think that my young female students see me reflected in my class. Within my curriculum I try to incorporate all colors and genders. For example I have posters in my room that represent a diverse group of scientists in my room. I intentionally use practice problems with an array of names in the questions. I lean on Khan Academy for notes that include diverse authors. Within short videos of content/scientist references, I intentionally use mirrors. For example I have a video with Niel deGrasse Tyson in which he is having a conversation about tides with a black colleague. I use a Stephen Hawking video is space and show students that Stephen was in a wheelchair and has accomplished so much. I recently did a dive into Suni and Butch's return back to Earth from the ISS. I include gender neutral phrasings by calling my students "scientists".
How might you use your own privilege to make your classroom and school more equitable?
I think I could improve my digital Google Classroom with a section of resources to dive deeper into scientific discoveries, culture, and current research. Having these materials posted digitally will allow all students to have access within school hours.