Tuesday, July 5, 2011
Social Injustice discussions
We had some really good discussions today about social injustices. Loved the art gallery idea that we did this morning, thought that exercise would be great and effective for students. The morning discussion started my mind thinking about those issues, and it continued throughout the day. I really like the exercise where we had to think about our first encounters with race. I hadn't really put all the different stories before into a perspective like that. So many issues come to mind when I think about social injustices....from the our beginnings in this country as a democracy, to issues on racism, gender and even immigration. It is hard to recognize our own stereotypes, or even to admit that we have them. You could even feel tension in some of our discussions today, which is a good thing, because it puts many issues on the table. I really liked how Sherrie discussed how important it was to recognize those feelings and to not have shame about them.
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Excellent points, Brea. We so often accept our feelings and views without questioning them. Today was a great way--again--of making the abstract more concrete.
ReplyDeleteYou are exactly right! I commented also on the "tension", but I felt we all were having some sort of a battle within about our first encounter, or feelings about these sensitive issues.
ReplyDeleteI also liked the art gallery activity this morning. I think that the anonymous nature of the assignment would make it more freeing for students in the classroom and make it easier for them to write exactly what they want to say rather than what they think that they should write or what they think the teacher wants to hear.
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