Understanding Implicit Bias
Brown University's offers excellent materials on implicit bias. 麻豆破解版 State employees and students also have free access to this excellent LinkedIn Learning course, "" with Stacey Gordon.
Resources from Every Learner, Everywhere
As part of its online materials addressing how to mitigate for sterotype threat, also suggests the following actions to mitigate for stereotype threat:
1. Celebrate students鈥� whole identities: Start by understanding that , which creates unique sets of pressures. When you create a classroom environment that celebrates and supports students鈥� whole identities, it reduces a student鈥檚 worry that they鈥檒l be stereotyped.
2. Provide positive examples of minoritized people in the curricula: primes students for success by presenting them with examples of experts and authors who share their identity. It also builds trust in the course material.
3. Promote a growth mindset: in mind to encourage students to learn, grow, and experiment.
4. Be explicit about criteria: Minoritized students may come into the classroom lacking inherited knowledge about classroom expectations and procedures. Rather than making assumptions that may cause students to feel out of place, .
5. Challenge your own assumptions: Finally, take the time to understand your own implicit biases and challenge stereotypes you may not realize you hold. Seek out other voices and listen thoughtfully. Interrogate your reactions and responses with tools like the from Project Implicit to understand your own biases.
And, at the departmental or institutional level, can help reveal barriers to equity that can amplify stereotype threat.