Due to stay-at-home and lockdown orders, teachers and students worldwide were required to pivot to remote learning systems and platforms. Without warning, teachers found themselves trying to engage pupils over Zoom; online libraries and research platforms replaced traditional, brick-and-mortar buildings, and the parents of younger students found themselves balancing work from home and entertaining their kids. For many governments, now, keeping kids in school is a top priority — not only for their education but also to free up parents to go back to work.
Racial stereotypes are automatic and exaggerated mental pictures that we hold about all members of a particular racial group. When we stereotype people based on race, we don’t take into account individual differences. Because our racial stereotypes are so rigid, we tend to ignore or discard any information that is not consistent with the stereotype that we have developed about the racial group.
How Do We Develop Racial Stereotypes?
We develop our racial stereotypes in a variety of ways. On a very simple level, it’s human nature to categorize people. It’s our way of making a complex world simpler. From an early age, we learn to place people and objects into categories. However, when we’re very young, we tend to put less of an emphasis on attributing values to these categories. As we grow older and are influenced by parents, peers, and the media, our tendency to label different racial groups as superior/good or inferior/bad increases significantly. Additionally, the less contact we have with a particular racial group, the more likely we are to have negative feelings about the group. Any negative experiences that we have with a member of a particular group will strengthen our racial stereotypes and create fears about particular races. Based on our fears, we develop an us-versus-them mentality that tends to be self-protective in nature. As a result, we miss opportunities to learn and thrive from our differences.
Are Our Racial Stereotypes Harmful?
Some people might say, “There’s no harm in having racial stereotypes or making racial or ethnic jokes based on stereotypes. People these days are so politically correct and should just loosen up. Anyway, there’s always a kernel of truth in every stereotype.” In some instances, all of the above might be true. However, in most cases, racial stereotypes are harmful because they ignore the full humanity and uniqueness of all people. When our perceptions of different races are distorted and stereotypical, it’s demeaning, devaluing, limiting, and hurtful to others. In some cases, people who are repeatedly labeled in negative ways will begin to develop feelings of inferiority. Sometimes, these feelings of inferiority can lead to self-fulfilling prophecies that perpetuate the stereotype. Racial stereotypes can also foster feelings of hate and aggression that might lead to a false sense of entitlement and superiority. For those individuals who have power, this can lead to their engaging in discriminatory and racist practices.
How Do We Overcome Our Racial Stereotypes?
Because of their harmful effects, we should make a real commitment to try to overcome our racial stereotypes. This can be achieved by first acknowledging that we’re human and that we do harbor racial stereotypes. Next, we should work to become more aware of our inner thoughts and feelings and how they affect our beliefs and actions. When we have a stereotypical thought about a racial group, we should follow it up with an alternative thought based on factual information that discounts the stereotype. We can obtain this factual information by leaving our comfort zones and exposing ourselves to people of different races. We should be willing to engage in honest dialogue with others about race that at times might be difficult, risky, and uncomfortable. We should also seek out media portrayals of different races that are realistic and positive. Attending churches, plays, concerts, and movies that celebrate diversity will also broaden our worldview. As we gain more awareness and knowledge about racial groups, not only will our racial stereotypes lessen, but we will also become better equipped to educate and challenge others about their racial stereotypes. As we change ourselves, we can elicit changes in others through our examples and the quality of our conversations. In doing this, we work to create a society in which all races are valued, appreciated, and embraced.
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Bill Gates Sr., a lawyer and the father of Microsoft’s co-founder, who stepped in when appeals for charity began to overwhelm his billionaire son and started what became the world’s largest philanthropy, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, died on Monday at his beach home on Hood Canal, in the Seattle area. He was 94.The cause was Alzheimer’s disease, his family said in an announcement on Tuesday.In 1994, Mr. Gates was 69 and planning to retire from his prestigious law practice in a few years when, one autumn evening, he and his son, Bill, and his daughter-in-law, Melinda, went to a movie. Standing in the ticket line, Bill told his father that he was being inundated with appeals for charity but that he was far too busy running Microsoft to answer them.His father suggested that he, Bill Sr., could sift through the paperwork and, with his son’s approval, send out some checks. Bill Jr. agreed.
The Canadian Federation of Students is crying foul over fees post-secondary institutions are charging for services and facilities students can’t use.With classes having moved online due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many students aren’t on campuses to visit libraries and athletic centres, if they’re even open.The federation’s deputy chairperson Nicole Brayiannis says the fees are an added burden on young people who have been left behind throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.
The pandemic is testing our workplaces in many ways. Depending on the sector you work in, you could be riding at the front of the wave of disruption that has accelerated real digital transformation or scrambling to adopt new ways of working, with some finding it a blessing and others a curse. Some businesses have barely been impacted, but the world around them is vastly different than it was a year ago.In all cases, the caliber of the employee experience on offer has quickly become apparent.Why can’t our people respond to this change quickly enough?If we aren’t working together, can our company culture survive?How do we collaborate with our business partners or recruit staff if we can’t meet face to face?
Technology, specifically the Internet and personal computing devices, have transformed the way students learn today. Technology-based learning tools have helped create a new learning platform where instructional courses can be personalized to each individual student.
In today’s world, students are called ‘digital natives’ because they absorb the world via gadgets such as smartphones, laptops, and gaming devices. Even toddlers are introduced to multimedia devices such as Leapfrog or Nick Jr. in order to develop key learning skills. Technology has definitively changed the way we communicate with each other as well as process information. “The Internet has significantly connected us more to the world; we can quickly search a how-to video on YouTube, catch up on the world’s news, or access essentially any show or movie. “I can’t remember the last time I looked for a recipe in a recipe book or used the yellow pages to find a business. I always turn to ‘Google’ to search for answers because it’s quick, easy and most reliable.”
Education’s vision for 21st-century education and stated, “our knowledge base is expanding exponentially and requires an approach that individualizes learning. “The belief is that today’s students are part of the ‘digital era’ and have different learning needs than provided in a traditional classroom. The current education model needs to be modernized. The change in technology is making learning more accessible to those who are either unable to attend classes or to work and family constraints.
To understand the future in which education is headed, we must look at the past. The Canadian Living Archives noted that during the early 19th century when, “the concept of schooling became widespread, the first schoolhouse consisted of 50 + students of all grades from 1-9 sharing only one teacher.” “Whether it be geography, history, or arithmetics, students learned by memorizing and working on a small blackboard slate.”
Evolution in the way students learn has exponentially evolved in the past 25-30 years
Up until the 1960s, the classroom system stayed relatively the same. Soon after, classrooms evolved from using the slate blackboards to introducing the green-board. 20 years later, these green-boards were replaced with dry-erase boards to eliminate the chalk dust and the wasted hours of cleaning. These whiteboards and markers are still being used in some classrooms however some teacher’s strategies have evolved to using overhead projectors, smart-boards and power-point lessons. But in all of these teaching tools, the teaching strategy remains the same. The teacher is the holder of knowledge. The teacher sets the pace of the course and the amount of content to be covered per day. In our opinion, this model may work for some students but not the majority. Students need another option that will tap into using this revolutionary technology, which is being developed daily for education and to keep up with the pace of individualized education for each and every student. The current traditional learning model feels dated much like the traditional green-board.
While this model may work for some students, as students and parents are becoming more aware and are able to access different knowledge on a daily basis, their learning requirements are changing. We are noticing a shift of responsibility from the teacher to the student.
Students no longer have one pace through the curriculum; their pace depends solely on how quickly the student masters the course content. “Students work at their own pace so they can achieve success. Instruction and lessons are accessible to the student via the Internet regardless of their location. The enriched multi-media text and resources can be used from anywhere and homework/assignments can be turned in online at any time and marked almost instantaneously for quicker feedback and conditioning. “We find that students are the most successful through blended learning, where both live-class and rich-media components are combined to deliver an interactive-based learning experience.”
We consider students today as individualized learners because everyone learns at a different pace, different style, and in different environments. Thus, the teaching approach has shifted from teacher to student.
As a mentor, the use of technology-based assessments has allowed for a better understanding of how students learn, what concept is grasped easily by whom and where more instruction is required. When I was in school, the teacher was considered the “teacher of education” and the students as passive recipients of learning. This evolution has defined a one-to-one delivery where teachers are viewed as coaches, helping each student master concepts when they are struggling and accelerating the ones beyond this point, all while maintaining consistent forward momentum to education the class as a whole.
The news: An international consortium of medical experts has introduced the first official standards for clinical trials that involve artificial intelligence. The move comes at a time when hype around medical AI is at a peak, with inflated and unverified claims about the effectiveness of certain tools threatening to undermine people’s trust in AI overall. …
For last year’s Düsseldorf Caravan Salon, Variomobil introduced the fourth generation of its “Perfect” line of ultra-luxury motorhomes, revealing the Mercedes Actros-based Perfect 1000. How do you follow up such an impressive exhibition appearance? By climbing even higher up the ladder and revealing the larger, more exclusive flagship model, the Perfect 1200 Platinum. A little piece of exclusive real estate built onto a triple-axle Mercedes chassis, the new 1200 features a massive living space broadened by three electro-hydraulic slide-outs and enhanced with nightclub-grade audio and intelligent lighting, all the appliances of home, and an XXL garage large enough to bring along a high-powered grand tourer … say, a Mercedes-AMG GT.
Data centers are fast becoming one of the most power-hungry industries, since they require such heavy-duty cooling and maintenance. Microsoft has now finished a two-year test of an unconventional solution – dropping a data center to the bottom of the sea – and found that it was more reliable than a similar land-based facility.
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