REALIZING STUDENT POTENTIAL CONFERENCE CTL, February 27, 2004, Mpls

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REALIZING STUDENT POTENTIAL CONFERENCECTL,
February 27, 2004, Mpls

• PLAY UP DIVERSITY LEARNING THROUGH
• PLAYWRIGHT EXPLORATION
• Martine Harvey, Ph.D.
• Assistant Professor
• Speech Communication
• Minnesota State University, Mankato
• Martine.harvey_at_mnsu.edu
• Heather Vaughan
• Speech Communication

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PLAY UP DIVERSITY LEARNING THROUGH PLAYWRIGHT
EXPLORATION

• INTRODUCTION
• CONTEXT
• PLAY UP DIVERSITY ACTIVITY
• GROUP PRESENTATIONS
• DEBRIEFING
• SELF-REFLECTION STATEMENTS
• ASSESSMENT

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INTRODUCTION

• This workshop will explore diversity through
  playwrights and enhance learning in your students
  to demonstrate the value of a teaching/learning
  style which emphasizes that Learning is
  fundamentally social Cracking the whip stifles
  learning Learning needs an environment that
  supports it Learning crosses hierarchical
  bounds Self-directed learning fuels the fire,
  and Learning by doing is more powerful than
  memorizing.

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• By engaging in and reflecting on diversity
  playwrights, participants will develop skills and
  abilities to use processes that contribute to
  their intercultural awareness and enhance active
  learning in their students.

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SOME BASIC PRINCIPLES OF INTERCULTURAL AWARENESS

• People who live and/or work in heterogeneous
  settings develop stronger interpersonal skills.
• Organizations which are multi-cultural in their
  makeup and outlook are more successful in
  providing their services or producing their
  product.

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SOME BASIC PRINCIPLES OF INTERCULTURAL AWARENESS

• Teams composed of persons with varied backgrounds
  out-perform teams composed of persons with
  similar backgrounds, making fewer mistakes,
  seeing a broader view, and turning out better
  quality products.
• When people feel included and valued at their
  workplace, their satisfaction level rises along
  with the level of their work performance.
• When peoples job satisfaction is high there is
  less turnover.

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CONTEXT

• HEATHER VAUGHAN ONE WOMEN SHOW - 2003
• ADVANCED INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION CLASS

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EXPLORING STEREOTYPES

• A STEREOTYPE IS A STANDARDIZED MENTAL PICTURE
  THAT IS HELD IN COMMON BY MEMBRES OF A GROUP AND
  THAT REPRESENTS AN OVERSIMPLIFIED OPINION,
  PREJUDICED ATTITUDE OR UNCRITICAL JUDGMENT.
• Example Shes like that because shes Asian.

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• Q1 - WHY
• GIVE AS MANY REASONS AS YOU CAN WHY PEOPLE MIGHT
  USE STEREOTYPES
• Q2 - HARM
• GIVE EXAMPLES OF HOW THE USE OF STEREOTYPES CAN
  HARM PEOPLE
• Q3 - SOLUTION
• HOW CAN WE LIMIT OUR USE OF STEREOTYPES WHEN WE
  THINK AND TALK ABOUT PEOPLE?
• Source Adapted from Moving Towards Respect.
  Contemporary Holocaust Education Foundation,
  Inc.. Ohio Cincinnati, 2001.

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SELF-REFLECTION STATEMENTS

• People say that I am_______
• Even though they sometimes say so, people are
  often wrong when they think I am _____
• If people only knew me they would know that
  ______
• When I am in a situation that I really enjoy I
  behave in the following way ____
• When I am in a situation where I do not feel
  comfortable I behave in the following way ___