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The first session I attended was called Roses or Tires? Why It's Important to Pay Attention to Our Differences. Despite a lot of technical problems this was a pretty interesting session. It reminded me a lot about our discussions about diversity and being aware of our individual differences. One question the posed to the group was would you feel, your sense of self would change if you were to change one or more of your personal characteristics. One person felt that it wouldn't because sex, race, age, ethnicity, and other diversity characteristics only show part of who you are they do not dig deeper. A woman disagreed saying that she had just had a child so to her being a woman is very salient right now and she did not think she would have felt the same if she were a male. Either way you look at it this is an interesting question.
The second session I attended was Addressing a Colorblind Approach to Race in Schools: Professional Development as a Tool for Improved Student-teacher Interactions. This session was interesting because it was about a program they are hoping to initiate at Ames Middle School. One of the associative principles discussed how taking an approach that does not discuss race or that wants to only be politically correct does not benefit students. He said that it can actually foster stereotypes regarding race.
I hope each of you were able to gain something from ISCORE.
Hey Brooke!
ReplyDeleteI didn't get the yummy sounding lunch either! Like you I thought the sessions really reminded me about our diversity week. It also helped me understand some of the statistics behind student race and social class. It sounds like you had another good time at ISCORE!