My upbringing and schooling played a role in how I view and read the world has it is around me. Growing up in the city there was a lot of diversity around me, but specifically at my school there was little diversity. Many of my teachers where white females and white males who had grown up also in the city. During my time at school we only really learnt about similar people to me, middle-class with a heterosexual family. Growing up I was definitely aware of other cultures and we did talk about them a little bit in my classes but only for short periods of time. As a community we worked together to create cultural fairs, that showcased the cultures in the surrounding community. One major aspect I see myself working against my biases is to first acknowledge that I have some and to be aware that other people may have the same ones and that is okay. With working towards a unbiased opinion this will take me to consider having an open mind to divers cultures and family structures in the community. When acknowledging ones biases, I can start to find a new path for myself and learn to teach students the importance of everyone’s culture even if it is outside my comfort zone.
1 Comment
Chelsey
3/10/2020 10:47:58 am
I also had a similar upbringing in my schooling career but my different lenses that I was shaped baby was only female teachers because my school was so small that I never really had male teachers and that can cause a drastic change in ones lenses when the whole staff in a school is only female.
Reply
Leave a Reply. |
Hannah MagnussonWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. Archives
April 2020
Categories |