Diversity, Access and Equity Course
Instructor: Dr. Eugene Fujimoto
Learning Domains:
Leadership
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Social Advocacy and Justice
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Education
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Assessment and Evaluation
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Personal Development
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Description:
The purpose of the Diversity,
Access and Equity Course is to examine the concepts of diversity, access,
equity, multiculturalism, and pluralism in the context of education. This entry will highlight my learning process to gain an understanding of these
concepts from a historical lens and their applications to student affairs and
higher education. I will describe my learning
outcomes for completing three course
assignments: an interview protocol, a narrative paper, and a group video project.
Learning Outcomes:
SWiBAT: construct (synthesis) a comprehensive interview protocol addressing cyclical issues in educational history, select a person at least 1 generation (20 years older) to represent the population under study in this class and interview him or her
SWiBAT: synthesize (synthesis) the information obtained from the interview by writing a narrative paper “Tell me Your Story” organized into multiple themes that emerged from the interview
SWiBAT: effectively work in a group to identify common tenants and themes found in the narratives from the “Tell Me Your Story” assignment and create (synthesis) a group video using I-Movie to represent the findings
Assessment Rubric:
The rubric for the first learning
outcome:
Advanced
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Competent
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Basic
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Needs
Improvement
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SLO # 1
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I constructed
a comprehensive interview protocol
addressing cyclical issues in
educational history, selected a person at least 1 generation older than me, and interviewed him or her
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I constructed a well-written interview protocol addressing cyclical issues in educational
history, selected a person at least 1 generation older than me, and interviewed him or her
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I constructed an
acceptable interview protocol addressing cyclical issues in educational
history, selected a person at least 1 generation older than me, and interviewed him or her
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I constructed a weak interview protocol that did not address cyclical issues in
educational history, selected a person at least 1 generation older than me, and interviewed him or her
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The instructor’s “Tell Me Your Story” rubric and the Video Project rubric are used to evaluate the second and third learning outcomes.
Evidence:
Reflection:
I found the aforementioned assignments to be intellectually
stimulating and influential in enabling me to achieve the desired learning outcomes
for this course. Developing the interview protocol for the “Tell Me Your Story”
assignment was a useful exercise. It allowed me to practice creating a set of wide-ranging
interview questions that represented the key course concepts: diversity,
access, equality, equity, and justice. I believe that I achieved learning at
the competent level of the rubric for the first learning outcome by developing
a comprehensive interview protocol that yielded noteworthy responses by the interviewee.
Writing the “Tell me Your Story” narrative enabled me to successfully synthesize
the information provided by my interviewee and organize it into multiple themes
that emerged from the interview. I was
able to derive that the interviewee’s educational experience was impeded due to
the following obstacles: her immigrant status, cultural background, social
context, and institutional shortcomings.
However, she successfully overcame those struggles by staying true to
her original intent as a student and aspiring for academic achievement (The
full paper can be accessed here).
Lastly, the video project was a great collaborative assignment that provided me
with a chance to work in a small group in order to combine our individual
findings into one collective story.
Although it was initially challenging to produce a video that represented
each interviewee’s unique narrative, we decided to emphasize their differences
as an underlying theme for the video. Consequently,
the video portrays the educational experiences of four individuals from 3
different perspectives: the international perspective, the color-blind
perspective, and the person of color perspective (the video can be viewed here.
Overall, I am satisfied with my learning achieved by completing this course.
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