How we feel about our students can make or break them
Students’ perceptions of what their teachers expect from them predict:
A. academic engagement;
B. desire to learn;
C. helpfulness to classmates;
D. and interest level in class.
SOURCE: Engaging Schools: Fostering High School Students' Motivation to Learn (2003) National Research Council
A. academic engagement;
B. desire to learn;
C. helpfulness to classmates;
D. and interest level in class.
SOURCE: Engaging Schools: Fostering High School Students' Motivation to Learn (2003) National Research Council
How to Examine our Own Biases
How can we HONESTLY evaluate our own biases?
People may not say what's on their minds either because they are unwilling or because they are unable
The unwilling-unable distinction is like the difference between purposely hiding something from others and unconsciously hiding something from yourself.
The Implicit Association Test makes it possible to penetrate both of these types of hiding. The IAT measures implicit attitudes and beliefs that people are either unwilling or unable to report.
https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/
People may not say what's on their minds either because they are unwilling or because they are unable
The unwilling-unable distinction is like the difference between purposely hiding something from others and unconsciously hiding something from yourself.
The Implicit Association Test makes it possible to penetrate both of these types of hiding. The IAT measures implicit attitudes and beliefs that people are either unwilling or unable to report.
https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/