Course Grade Tally Sheet
Click here to download the EDC 210 course grade tally sheet in Excel
spreadsheet format. You'll hand-in this document on the last day of
class as a reminder of the points you earned.
_The Certainty of Memory has Its Day in Court -- This
New York Times article briefly introduces many of the key concepts we
discuss in this class relating to social perception, impression
formation, memory, and the fallibility of these cognitive processes.
_Learning
Log Guide (form and
instructions for preparing your course Learning Log.)
_-ISM VIdeo Scoring Rubric The -ism group members will complete the rubric and hand in to the instructor on the day the video is presented.
_Questions
on Beals, Fadiman, Johnson, and Loewen Books
_More Information on SQW3R: An excellent strategy for reading and preparing your learning notes is the SQW3R strategy. Click here to learn more.
_Notes/overheads
from lecture/discussion on "Social Perception."
_Notes/overheads
from lecture/discussion on "Attribution."
Notes/overheads
from lecture/discussion on "The Self." Notes/overheads from lecture/discussion on "Teaching Strategies and Personal Strategies."
_Website for The Invisible Gorilla: Learn about the authors, their "invisible gorilla" experiment, and participate with other readers in their blog.
_Course
Definitions -- Definitions of common terms used in diversity/human relations studies.
_Diversity
IQ Quiz--Click here to take
an on-line diversity IQ quiz--find out your diversity
quotient.
_Experiential
Learning Cycle Graphic
The Eight Questions These eight questions discussed in the book The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down illustrate the importantce of culture and our expectations in forming the way we see the world.
Regression Towards the Mean
-- A useful concept in understanding why people believe the common
misunderstanding that rebukes improve performance and praise seems to
backfire. This concept was discussed in class in reference to why many
people mis-apply behavioral techniques. The original article Judgment in Uncertainty: Heuristics and Biases is also helpful in understanding many common fallicies used (and misused) in daily decision-making.
_Notes
on "The Road to Brown" video
_Review
questions for "A Friendly Game" video
Pygmalion in Management
(A teacher's expectations are the key to performance and
development. This classic Harvard Business Review article by former
Harvard Business School faculty member J. Sterling Livingston reviews
the key elements of this theory and updates his earlier classic article
with recent developments in the field. This link is to an on line
version of the article for which you will need to log in using your
AugNet user name and password.)
_The parable of "Dumb-Ups, Smart Downs" from Robert W. Terry | Discussion of this parable from the blog "Stuff White People Do."
Your Brain on Culture: The burgeoning field of cultural neuroscience is finding that culture influences brain development, and perhaps vice versa.
The Unhappy White Majority
(Over the past decade, we've seen a rising tide of aggrieved white
folks. This doesn't bode well. When even the majority group sees itself
in a struggle for status and respect, it erodes any notion of the
collective good.)
Interracial Roommates Can Reduce Prejudice
Several recent studies have found that having a roommate of a
different race can reduce prejudice, but such relationships are more
stressful.
Minnesota's Promise
What are the elements of a truly "World Class" education system. This
website, developed for educators and policy-makers, looks at the state
of Minnesota schools and describes a framework for closing the
achievement gap and guiding future education policy decisions in
Minnesota.
Tolerance Over Race Can Spread, Studies Find
Recent studies suggest that one-on-one contact, under the right
conditions, can lead to racial tolerance, and that this tolerance can
spread within the community.
Race is an Unscientific Concept, Experts Say
The more closely researchers look at the human genome, the more
it becomes apparent that the definition of race that most of us hold is
unsubstantiated.
The Subtle Racism Around Us (even in a cup of coffee): The labels we choose can speak volumes -- and even say things we didn't intend.
Children Youth and Family Consortium (CYFC) -- Educational Disparities Website. This site includes a link to a broad developmental and ecological model of family development called "Circles of Influence."
Multicultural Experience Enhances Creativity: The When and How (PDF file of an American Psychologist article by Leung et al. discussing the conditions in which multicultural experience enhances personal creativity.)
_Sundown Towns: A Hidden Dimension of American Racism
(Website discussing towns in the U.S. [including Edina, Minnesota]
where literally or figuratively, the towns maintain their segregation
by saying to nonwhites, "Nigger, Don't Let The Sun Go Down On You In
___ ." by James W. Loewen, author of Lies my teacher told me.)
_When Language Can Hold the Answer (A New York Times
article discussing recent research on the role of language on
perception. This research expands the discussion we had in class about
this topic.)
_In Professor's Model, Diversity Equals Productivity (New York Times conversation with Scott E. Page discussing the impact of diversity on productivity, Jan. 2008)
_Putting Your Best Cyberface Forward (article by New York Times reporter Stephanie Rosenbloom discussing today's cyber version of impression management.)
Acts of Microaggression (article by Jessoca Triano discussing below-the-radar racism in day-to-day social interractions.)
Still Separate, Still Unequal: America's Educational Apartheid (article by Jonathan Kozol, Harper's Magazine.)
Together, apart: A dissection of diversity (editorial by LA Times writer Gregory Rodriguez.)
_Brief
list of resources from diversity educator Carl Grant
_Oscar
Arredondo's "A Mile in My Moccasins: A portrait of Indian images by
Minnesota-based Aztec artist Oscar Arredondo
_Famous photo of Rosa Parks on a bus in Mongomery, Ala. in 1956 (Was
Rosa Parks just a "tired seamstress," or is there more to the story?
Who is the guy in the background? Why did photographers just happen to
be on this bus?)
_The
Building Blocks of Memory by Daniel L. Schacter (a newspaper article
which reviews the basic elements of human memory)
_Breaking
the Prejudice Habit by Patricia G. Devine (a transcript of a speech in which she reviews the latest research
findings on prejudice processes)
_Comparing
Cultural Norms and Values
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