Confronting My Own Biases
Staff Development Guide
Training Situation: Training (small group)
Length: 60 minutes
Objectives: Participants will take a Project Implicit test in order to reflect on the needs of nondominant youth in their program.
Agenda:
- What are Implicit Biases? – 15 minutes
- Taking an Implicit Bias Test – 30 minutes
- Reflection – 15 minutes
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Using Models
Participants will demonstrate the importance of models when trying to answer questions, draw conclusions and develop solutions in engineering.
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Design and Test
Participants will use “What-If” cards in order to help youth engage in engineering design practices like using criteria and constraints, facing a failed test, and redesign.
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Assessing Youth using Graphic Organizers
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