Fullerton College
CDES 110 Anti-bias Perspective Seminar
Course Outline – Fall 2012
Thursdays – 6:50-10:00pm - Room 1418
Week #1 – August 30th:
Community Building Activity:
• Introduce What It Means to Participate in a Seminar
• Detailed Overview of the Course and Course Content[Including Topics,Seminar Format, Modeling Seminar Skills, Working with Interns, Course Outline (preparing for each class session), read the
articles with understanding/use the critical thinking].
• Detailed Discussion of Weekly Requirements and Expectations
PREPARATION FOR NEXT WEEK:
• Organize your 3-ring binder
• READ (come prepared for small& large group discussion next week. Remember to highlight, underline and make margin notes for all your readings)
• Read &Understand all Course Handouts
• Text: Foreword, Prologue, Key Terms & ABE Goals (p. vi-xiv) Chapter 1.
• Syllabus Articles:
#1 (Anti-bias Education Goals)
#2(Anti-bias Framework)
#6 (Why Do We Need This Class? - Multicultural Education for Teachers).
• Type & Turn-in: “What Do the ABE Goals Mean to Me?” (p. 9)
•Type & Turn-in: Exercise “Exploring Key Terms” (p. xi-xiii & available on course website).
Week #2 – September 6th:
Community Building Activity:
• Introduction to the Anti-bias Education Goals & Anti-bias Framework + exercise
• Initial Introduction to Key Terms (p. xi-xiii)
• Introduce the Resource Library
PREPARATION FOR NEXT WEEK:
• READ (come prepared for small & large group discussion next week)
• Text: Chapters 2 & 3
• Syllabus Articles:
#3 (Levels of Racism: A Theoretical Framework and a Gardner’s Tale)
#4 (On Becoming an Anti-bias Educator)
#5 (The Journey Toward Anti-racist Identity for Multi-racial People, People of Color, and Whites)
#8 (Intentionality of Language)
#9 (Dialogue/Debate)
• Type & Turn-in: Critical Critiques for Chapters 2, 3, Articles 3 & 5.
Week #3 – September 13th:
Community Building Activity:
• Introduction to Stages on Becoming an Anti-bias Educator
PREPARATION FOR NEXT WEEK:
• READ (come prepared for small& large group discussion next week)
•Syllabus Articles:
#7 (Preparing Teachers to Use Their Voices for Change)
#17 (Lesson of a Lifetime)
• Handout of Article: “The Bluest Eyes”
•Type and Turn-in: Critical Critique of Articles and #7 & 17OR Handout Article. AND
Choose ONE Stop & Think Exercise:
“What did you experience about your social identities? (p. 14) OR
“Learning About Differences” (p. 15)
Choose ONE Stop & Think Exercise:
“ Understanding what you were taught” (p. 23)OR
“ What have you experienced about institutional inequity” (p. 25) OR
“ What oppressive messages have you internalized?” (p. 27)
Week #4 –September 20th:
Community Building Activity:
• Essential Blue Eyes - DVD
• Stages on Becoming an Anti-bias Educator – Part II
PREPARATION FOR NEXT WEEK:
• READ (come prepared for small & large group discussion next class)
• TEXT: Chapters 6 & 8
• Syllabus Article:
#16 (The World Through Mark’s Eyes)
• Homework: Article #16 (Questions will be given in class this week-come prepared to discuss)
•Type & Turn-in:
• Critical Critique of Chapters 6 & 8 AND Article #16
• Critical Critique on Essential Blue Eyes DVD
Week #5 – September 27th:
Community Building Activity:
•Stages on Becoming An Anti-bias Educator – Part III
PREPARATION FOR NEXT WEEK:
• READ (come prepared for small & large group discussion next class)
• Syllabus Articles: #25, #26, & #27
#25 (White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack)
#26 (White Racism)
#27 (How We Are White)
• Type & Turn-in:Critical Critique: of Articles #25, #26 & #27
•Choose ONE Stop & Think Exercise:
“Your earliest lessons about racial identity” (p. 79) OR
“ What message have you absorbed about economic class?” (p. 102).
Week #6 – October 4th:
Community Building Activity:
• Color of Fear – DVD
•Stages on Becoming An Anti-bias Educator – Part IV
PREPARATION FOR NEXT WEEK:
•READ(come prepared for small & large group discussion next class)
• Text: Chapter 11
• Syllabus Articles: #10, #11 #14 & #15
#10 (“What’s in a Name? – In Particular a Southeast Asian Name”)
#11 (“What’s in a Name? – Literature as a Tool for Tolerance”)
#14 (“About Faith: Religions of the World Inform Our Understanding of History,
Literature and Cultures”)
#15 (“’Faith’ versus ‘Religion’”)
• Type & Turn-in: Critical Critique for Chapter 11, Articles #10 OR#11,& #14
• Type & Turn-in: Critical Critique of DVD
Week #7 – October 11th:
Community Building Activity:
• What’s In a Name? (Culture/Language)
• Introduction: Dia de Los Muertos Celebration Assignment
PREPARATION FOR NEXT WEEK:
•READ (come prepared for small & large group discussion next class)
• Text: Chapter 5
• Syllabus Articles: #12, 23
# 12 (“Unite and Overcome!”)
# 23 (“Caught Between Cultures”)
• Handouts: Lemon Grove, Mendez, Taking Back the Schools &Dia de Los Muertos
• Type & Turn in: Critical Critiques on Chapter 5, Articles #12, 23AND Handouts on Mendez Or
Taking Back the Schools
Week #8 – October 18th:
Community Building Activity:
• Looking at Our History (Lemon Grove, Mendez, Taking Back the Schools)
PREPARATION FOR NEXT WEEK:
• READ (come prepared for small & large group discussion next class)
•Text: Chapter 9
• Syllabus Articles: #18, #19, #20, #21, #22
# 18 (“Homophobia: What You May Not Know”)
# 19 (“A Complicated Bias”)
# 20 (“A Mother Talks Back to Bigots: ‘I’ve Had Enough!’”)
# 21(“Growing Up with Two Moms”)
# 22(“Orange County Crush”)
•Type & Turn-in: Critical Critique on Chapter 9 & THREE from #18, 19, 20, 21 & 22
Week #9 – October 25th:
Community Building Activity:
• Children & Homophobia
• Assault on Gay America - Video
• It’s Elementary - DVD
PREPARATION FOR NEXT WEEK:
• Come Prepare for Dia de Los Muertos
• Work on Dia de Los Muertos Assignment due November 8th
Week # 10 – November 1st: Dia de Los Muertos Celebration!
• Hosting the Campus & Community-wide Celebration.
PREPARATION FOR NEXT WEEK:
• READ (come prepared for small & large group discussion next class)
• Text: Chapter 10
• Syllabus Articles: #13 & #24
• #13(“Addressing Prejudice Statements: A Four Step Method That Works!”)
• #24(“New Colors: Mixed-Race Families Still Find a Mixed Reception”)
• Type & Turn-in:
• Critical Critique of Assault on Gay America AND It’s Elementary DVD/Videos
• Dia de Los Muertos Assignment
• Critical Critique on Chapter 10, articles #13 & #24
Week #11–November 8th:
Community Building Activity:
•Stages On Becoming An Anti-bias Educator – Part V
•Introduction to the Four Step Method
PREPARATION FOR NEXT WEEK:
• READ (come prepared for small group discussion)
• Text: Chapter 7
•Type & Turn-in: Critical Critique on Chapter 7
• Type & Turn-in: All ThreeStop & Think Exercises:
“ Learning about being a boy or girl” (p. 94)
“ Our own and others’ family structures” (p. 112)
“ Responding to people with disabilities” (p. 128)
Week #12– November 15th:
Community Building Activity:
• If These Walls Could Talk - DVD
PREPARATION FOR NEXT CLASS (November 29):
• READ (come prepared for small & large group discussion)
• Handout of Articles
• Type & Turn-in: Critical Critique on Article Handouts
• Type & Turn-in: Stop & Think Exercise – Choose Oneof the following:
• “Understanding your own family culture” (p. 57) OR
• “Remembering belonging and being an outsider” (p. 60) OR
• “Uncovering your ideas and experiences about second language learning” (p. 65)
• Type & Turn-in: Critical Critique of DVD
Week #13– November 22nd:Thanksgiving!
PREPARATION FOR NEXT WEEK:
• READ (come prepared for small & large group discussion)
• See Week #12 for Preparation for November 29th
Week # 14– November 29th:
Community Building Activity:
• Stages On Becoming An Anti-bias Educator – Part VI
PREPARATION FOR NEXT WEEK:
• READ: (come prepared for small & large group discussion)
• Text: Chapter 4
• Syllabus Article: #28
#28 (“Anti-bias/Multicultural Education with White Children”)
• Type & Turn-in: Critical Critique for Chapter 4 and article #28
• Type & Turn-in: Both Stop & Think Exercises:
“What did you learn about school and family?”(p. 37)
“What is your ideal for the family-teacher relationship” (p. 39)
Week #15: December 6th:
• Creating an Anti-bias Learning Community
PREPARATION FOR NEXT WEEK:
READ (come prepared for small & large group discussion)
• Syllabus Articles: #29, #30
• #29 (“Investing in Our Children”)
• #30 (“Educating Children for a Multicultural 21st Century”)
• Handout of Article/s
• Type & Turn-in: Homework for Final Exercises and Critical Critique of #29 & #30 +
Week #16: December 13th:
• Final Exercises
• Modeling Seminar Skills Evaluation AND
• “Look At Me and See Yourself” with Maya Angelou