Sara Tinney

This topic was based upon Adolescence: Canadian Edition chapter six (pp. 187-227). Another important resource is the Dan Pink video. Being aware of implicit expectations improves our ability to interact with, respond to, learn from, and teach others. We have expectations regarding every aspect of life, and recognizing what these expectations are and how they are formed can aid in our ability to engage with the world and other people ethically and with greater understanding and compassion.

 

Taking an Implicit Association Test (IAT) is one way to examine your personal implicit expectations. Completing a few of these tests lead me to consider other implicit beliefs I might hold. I believe continual consideration of these implicit associations, beliefs, and expectations needs to occur so that my teaching will continue to treat all students ethically and with understanding and compassion.