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Self-Identity Worksheet
Activity: Understanding Cultural Identities and Their Influence on Teaching and Learning
- Time frame: 20 - 30 minutes
- Setting: Online, face-to-face, or writing assignment
- Source: Chapter 5 (Learning Outcome: 5.4) from
Becoming a Multicultural Educator: Developing Awareness, Gaining Skills, and Taking Action, Fourth Edition,
by William A. Howe and Penelope L. Lisi
Exercise 5.4 Self-Identity Worksheet
Understand the various dimensions of diversity.
- Fill in each category listed below.
- Discuss your responses to the statements with a large group of colleagues.
a. How easy or difficult was it to complete the worksheet? Explain your response.
b. What do your answers tell you about your cultural identities?
c. How do cultural stereotypes, or cues, affect your responses?
d. How are your responses different from or the same as those of your colleagues?
e. What have you learned about yourself by doing this exercise?
Note to Instructors:
This exercise can be completed individually or as a group, and for group discussion in-person or online.
Sage College Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI)