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COSIA 2010
Communicating Ocean Communicating Ocean Sciences to Informal Sciences to Informal
AudiencesAudiences
WEEK 7: Creating an inclusive learning environment
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All students, regardless of age, sex, cultural or ethnic background, disabilities, aspirations, or interest and motivation in science, should have the opportunity to attain high levels of scientific literacy.
National Science Education Standards
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Quick WriteQuick Write
Write about one thing you found interesting or surprising in the homework reading about diversity and equity in aquatic sciences and in museum settings.
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Discussion GuidelinesDiscussion Guidelines
• Be open and honest
• Respect the confidentiality of others
• Be an active participant
• See things in a new light-- try to see from perspectives other than your own.
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For discussion…For discussion…
Discuss a time when you have felt excluded, or a time you have felt a stereotype was used for or against you.
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For discussion…For discussion…
How do you think these differences might affect the learning experiences of visitors to informal learning environments?
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Manzana y OcéanoManzana y Océano
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Manzana y Océano DebriefManzana y Océano Debrief
• What were you feeling during that lesson?
• What types of strategies did the instructor use to make you feel included?
• What strategies and structures helped you understand the lesson?
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CultureCulture
• Identifying cultural values, examining how they relate to behaviors, and how these behaviors may be perceived by others can help dispel cultural misunderstandings.
• Gaining an understanding of a group can help improve our understanding of individuals in it, AND it is crucial to remember not to stereotype all individuals within a group by automatically ascribing group traits to them.
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CultureCulture
As defined by Webster’s Third New International Dictionary:“The body of customary beliefs, social forms, and material traits constituting a distinct complex of tradition of a racial, religious or social group” and as “a complex of typical behavior or standardized social characteristics peculiar to a specific group, occupation, or profession, sex, age, grade or social class.”
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For DiscussionFor Discussion
Why do problems sometimes arise when people from different cultures interact?
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Why do problems arise Why do problems arise when people from when people from different cultures different cultures
interact?interact?• Misunderstandings: language, body language• Conflicting values• Conflicting behaviors• Grouping with those who are similar/familiar• Excluding those who are different/unfamiliar
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Klingon Values ChartKlingon Values Chart
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Individualism Harmony Knowledge Respect
Relationships Group decisions
Resourcefulness Primary control
Spontaneity Personal growth
Freedom of expression
Pride
Core Values ChartCore Values Chart
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Team Work Giving up individuality Rational & efficient Cold & calculating Respect for authority & Hierarchy
Not questioning
Oral tradition Less literate Indirect communication Not expressive Pride Chip on shoulder Holistic thinking & affective Less rational & Emotional Frugal Tightwad Creative problem-solving Rebellious Saving Face Non-assertive Thoughtful Slow to respond Loyalty Submissive Group decision-making & Consensus Not speaking up Improvisational & Creative self-expression
Flashy & Undisciplined
Think before react Not expressive Take charge & responsibility Pushy Communal cooperative activities Grouping together Strong-willed Abrasive Passionate & Expressive Reactionary & Explosive Keeps things light w/ humor Unfocused
CharacteristicsCharacteristicsPositive perception Negative perception
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Cultural Capital: Cultural Capital: Funds of Knowledge vs. Deficit Model ThinkingFunds of Knowledge vs. Deficit Model Thinking
• Children develop "funds of knowledge”:
Historically developed and accumulated strategies (skills, abilities, ideas) or bodies of knowledge that prove useful in a household, group, or community.
• Deficit-Model Thinking:
Often implies or even explicitly states that the cultural values and knowledge that circulate in non-dominant cultural groups are deficient, not useful, or even counterproductive.
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Think-Pair-ShareThink-Pair-Share
How would an educator’s choices be different about how to interact with a learner depending on whether the educator viewed the student as having a “fund of knowledge” or a “deficit?”
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Modify an ActivityModify an Activity
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Wrap-up Quick WriteWrap-up Quick Write
• How have your ideas changed? • What do you think made your ideas change?
• How might you use this in your science teaching?
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HomeworkHomework• Reading.
– Bransford, J.D. & Donovan, S.M. (2005). Chapter 9: Scientific inquiry & how people learn. In S.M. Donovan & J.D. Bransford (Eds.), How students learn: History, mathematics, science in the classroom, (pp. 397-419). Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press
• Activity Development.
– Modify your COSIA activities to be more inclusive of diverse learners.
– Develop a 2 page Conversation Paper (1 per person) simulating a conversation in your activity. Upload to bspace by Mar 12th.
– Get your activity & materials ready to present, & get approval from instructors to do it the following week for Ocean Science Day.
– Receive feedback by Mar 10th & incorporate it into your activity facilitation for Ocean Sciences Day.