1 Awareness of Social Identity
1 Awareness of Social Identity is a team reflection exercise for reflection and learning: it helps participants reflect on experience and turn observations into learning.
How to run it
- Provide participants with, or if doing this online ask them to have with them, paper and writing or coloring utensils.
- Organize participants into pairs or small groups (3-4 ppl).
- Begin by introducing the learning goals of this activity.
- They will reflect on key components of their identity and critically examine how identities are shaped by different experiences and show up differently in group discussions.
- 5.0 1 rating(s) average rating is 5 out of 5, based on 1 votes, rating(s) Learning Goals Critically examine how our cultural assumptions and experiences shape our identities.
- Begin to uncover visible and invisible aspects of identity and how they manifest in discussions.
- Previous Next Instructions Reflection Journal Practice Journal Additional Resources Activity Cluster Instructions Set Up: Prepare for the Activity Provide participants with, or if doing this online ask them to have with them, paper and writing or coloring utensils.
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Provide participants with, or if doing this online ask them to have with them, paper and writing or coloring utensils.
Organize participants into pairs or small groups (3-4 ppl).
Begin by introducing the learning goals of this activity.
They will reflect on key components of their identity and critically examine how identities are shaped by different experiences and show up differently in group discussions.
Begin to uncover visible and invisible aspects of identity and how they manifest in discussions.
Previous Next Instructions Reflection Journal Practice Journal Additional Resources Activity Cluster Instructions Set Up: Prepare for the Activity Provide participants with, or if doing this online ask them to have with them, paper and writing or coloring utensils.
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Adapt this exercise for my exact room. Exercise: 1 Awareness of Social Identity. Readiness: Publishable Draft. Core moves: Provide participants with, or if doing this online ask them to have with them, paper and writing or coloring utensils.; Organize participants into pairs or small groups (3-4 ppl).; Begin by introducing the learning goals of this activity.; They will reflect on key components of their identity and critically examine how identities are shaped by different experiences and show up differently in group discussions.. Return a concise facilitator script with timing, wording, safety notes, and remote/in-person adjustments.
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- Where we observed it: The strongest current observations come from Collaborative Discussion Project; aggregators are listed as additional observations, not origin proof. (1 source observed, including Collaborative Discussion Project.)
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