Abstract
It can be threatening for students to confront the stereotypes and prejudices they hold about any groups. One strategy for overcoming this barrier to change is to offer students a safe forum wherein they can examine their beliefs without fear of judgment. In this assignment, I explain how auto-ethnography can serve as such a forum. Specifically, I...Download this resource to see full details. Download this resource to see full details.
Details
- Subject Area(s):
- Race, Class and Gender
- Resource Type(s):
- Assignment
- Class Level(s):
- Any Level
- Class Size(s):
- Any
Learning Goals and Assessments
Learning Goal(s):
- Students will be able to understand how AutoEthnography can be "safe space" for them to write their own story.
- Students will identify their changing perceptions of, and your experiences with, any Class/Race/Gender/Sexuality/Religion your own or other than your own.
Goal Assessment(s):
- Students will read and cite literature about AutoEthnography to justify why they are using AutoEthnography to write their own stories.
- Students will write an auto-ethnography essay that recounts their changing perceptions of experiences with a social group (race, class, gender, sexuality, religion, etc).
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