Wednesday, June 16, 2010

Team Teach Feedback: Race & Ethnicity

Please provide feedback for the Race & Ethnicity Team Teach in the comments section of this post.

When we conducted our SOA we agreed to incorporate feedback to assist as part of the evaluation process.

Below is a list of possible questions, however if you feel something is missing please feel free to add on. This is a continuous process and we would greatly appreciate if you can answer at least ONE of the following questions on the class blog for every group that presents following their presentations.

Potential Questions:
What part resonated most with you from the presentation?
What did you find most interesting?
Were any particular portions applicable to your own life?
Questions, Comments or Concerns?
Other constructive criticisms?

8 comments:

Quixie said...

I felt that this team did well! I felt engaged throughout the teaching period. I think that Danny did a great job leading the opening activities. The first activity really woke me up and got my blood flowing. The second activity helped me to populate ideas about race and prepared me for the upcoming conversations. I feel that Kim did a great job facilitating conversation and responding to spontaneous questions that came up. I think that Pa was excellent at encouraging, supporting, and facilitating the groups during the time-line activity. I was impressed with Diane's presentation of the case study and felt that she was very articulate. I had trouble with the activity matching dates with events - however I understood the point that the concept of race changes over time. Great job!

Liz said...

I think this team did a great job. I really liked the timeline and how visible it was and help us put race in the context of how it molded and changed. I really liked some of the topics we hit during one of our discussions.

Young Kim said...

Like the previous comments, I felt that this team did a great job. In particular, I liked the race timeline as it was a great way for all of us to visualize and put into context how the perception of race progressed in the US. At the same time, the transition between each teacher was very seamless, which I think was very crucial to promoting very active discussions. Kudos to this team for a good teaching!

Yoori Chung said...

Great job teaching!

I liked the timeline activity as well and the questions that rose during the debrief. I thought everyone was very respectful and inclusive during the discussion of our own educational experiences with race and I was reminded how invisible and embedded racism is in our society.

I would have liked a discussion of how we could potentially move away from this existing and institutionalized racism. Although there is no one solution, I believe that by actively attempting to find methods to uproot this hate within schools can reproduce in the wider context of the U.S.

Tired Thomas said...

I agree that the timeline activity was very helpful in showing how the definition of race changes and becomes more detailed. The icebreaker was great! Also, the discussions were facilitated well but I feel a few topics we covered just brushed the surface instead of going deep in thought. Overall the lesson was very organized and set the bar high.

Afshan said...

very great job! i really appreciated the race timeline. it reminded me of the racially violent history of this nation that we often forget about.

Nancy Ledesma said...

The time line was a shocker! I really enjoyed the discussions and learned more about the "Compton Cookout" and related events in our own campus. Very dense topic. You guys handled it pretty well. Good job!

Leon said...

I really like the first activity from the group, when we were given a timeline and tried to match the events on it.
Before this exercise, I thought the main difference that people made on race and ethnicity was allowing people to choose different ethnicity on form.
Afterward, I realized so much changes happened before. Also, as we discussed, even letting choosing multiple ethnicities is not perfect.