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Why can't that just be "ability to work with people" full stop, regardless of their background? If society is very, very diverse, then surely we all have to wor
by goatlover 4y ago
Why can't that just be "ability to work with people" full stop, regardless of their background? If society is very, very diverse, then surely we all have to work, live and grow up with different people anyway.
- ModernMech 4y agoSure that’s fine a fine sentiment to hold. But it’s also anodyne and unspecific. It’s certainly not the kind of thing that’s going to differentiate you in a competitive job application process. Because the job in fact is to teach a diverse classroom. So if all you have to say are banal platitudes in your DEI statement, you will be passed over. Not because your position is wrong, it’s not. But because others are able to articulate with specificity and examples as to how they handle the job of teaching a diverse classroom. That’s what you’re up against as an applicant.
- goatlover 4y agoSo for example if you're a math teacher, and the job is to teach a diverse classroom, what the hell does that mean?
- shadowgovt 4y agohttps://blogs.ams.org/matheducation/2017/03/06/six-ways-mathematics-instructors-can-support-diversity-and-inclusion/ https://blogs.ams.org/matheducation/2017/03/06/six-ways-math...
- ModernMech 4y agoIf you are a math teacher, the job is to teach math to a diverse classroom. For example, one thing you could talk about in a DEI statement could be your experience e.g. teaching math to a student who was bound to a wheelchair and couldn’t talk except through a computer, and how that impacted your teaching practice in general.