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SUMMARY;LANGUAGE=en-us:"Teacher Workshop: Guiding Challenging Discussions with Objects"
DESCRIPTION:"\rJoin us in this interactive workshop where we will explore ways to use object-based learning as a method for engaging in challenging conversations about implicit or structural bias. \r\rThis workshop, while aimed at teachers, is also appropriate for educators and group leaders in other settings. \r\rInformation for further reading will be provided, as well as information on borrowing objects from the Spurlock Museum’s teaching collection for use as classroom aids. \r\rAttendees will receive Illinois Professional Development Hour (PDH) recognition; please note that attendees must provide their IEIN (Illinois Educator Identification Number) at event sign-in. Please refer to your ELIS account (external link) as necessary. \r\rRefreshments will be provided. Pre-registration is required, as space is limited.\rDetails\rRecent events have made educators keenly aware of their standing as elders and sources of knowledge in the face of growing intolerance and uncertainty among their students. \r\rDo you have students of a range of cultural, national, geographical, racial, and family origins in your classroom? Do you teach with objects or ideas from a diversity of cultures? Are you facing heightened awareness of political and cultural difference in the classroom?\r\rParticipants will learn how to use discussions of objects to build empathy and understanding in the classroom. We will employ descriptive approaches to multi-cultural objects and self-reflective dialogue to examine our own tendencies and biases when talking about objects. We will then discuss ways to use close observation of unfamiliar objects as a tool for dialogue and self-reflection in the classroom.\r\r"
DTSTAMP:20260412T165242
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20170208T161500
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LOCATION:"Spurlock Museum\, 600 S. Gregory St.\, Urbana\, IL"
URL:https://www.spurlock.illinois.edu/events/event.php?ID=1291
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