A screenshot of a text file. The contents of the text file are:
- What kind of school did you go to growing up? What was school like for you?
- What race or ethnicity are you? What cultures have been significant to you throughout your life?
- How old are you? Does your age affect how people treat you?
- What gender do you identify as? Is that the same as the gender you were assigned when you were born?
- What is your sexuality? Is your sexuality important to you, or unimportant?
- Do you have any disabilities or long-term conditions that affect how you do everyday things? Are they visible, or invisible?
- Where did you grow up? How does that place feature in your life now?
- What is your highest level of education? What did you gain from those experiences?
- How long have you been in your current role? Does this affect how people treat you?
- What class did you grew up as, and what class do you feel that you are now? How has your class affected you throughout your life?
Having considered each of these aspects of your positionality, ask yourself:
- Which of these identities and experiences do I bring to the classroom?
- How do they shape my assumptions about teaching and the students I teach?
- How do these identities and experiences affect how students interact with me and other students?
I've spent most of the day finishing up the latest version of our (Fiasco-like!) game to help teachers develop anti-racist pedagogies and practice.
I really enjoyed writing our #positionality exercise. It emphasises how our backgrounds, experiences, and identities are fluid, dynamic, multiple...