Ben Ten Mindspace by Catherine Cheong https://padlet.com/catherine_cheong1_1/x5qrpji558a7kshm Made with a wink and a smile en-us 2021-01-14 08:34:56 UTC 2025-12-09 03:33:54 UTC hello@padlet.com ivaytan https://padlet.com/catherine_cheong1_1/x5qrpji558a7kshm/wish/1103725679 The teacher was trying to tease out racist comments (??) but didn't seem to know how to manage them (??)]]> 2021-01-19 23:41:31 UTC https://padlet.com/catherine_cheong1_1/x5qrpji558a7kshm/wish/1103725679 https://padlet.com/catherine_cheong1_1/x5qrpji558a7kshm/wish/1103725959 Ss shares his unconscious bias.
Tr is hoping ss will give answers that politically correct, and appears disappointed / frustrated as his racist responses.]]> 2021-01-19 23:41:45 UTC https://padlet.com/catherine_cheong1_1/x5qrpji558a7kshm/wish/1103725959 reality https://padlet.com/catherine_cheong1_1/x5qrpji558a7kshm/wish/1103726114 2021-01-19 23:41:54 UTC https://padlet.com/catherine_cheong1_1/x5qrpji558a7kshm/wish/1103726114 zhou_muqiao https://padlet.com/catherine_cheong1_1/x5qrpji558a7kshm/wish/1103726245 Student had stereotype that Indians only do blue collar job and teacher got frustrated]]> 2021-01-19 23:42:01 UTC https://padlet.com/catherine_cheong1_1/x5qrpji558a7kshm/wish/1103726245 student is stereotyping and the teacher is quite uncomfortable to actually mention the race fo the man choo_siew_bee https://padlet.com/catherine_cheong1_1/x5qrpji558a7kshm/wish/1103726261 2021-01-19 23:42:01 UTC https://padlet.com/catherine_cheong1_1/x5qrpji558a7kshm/wish/1103726261 it is real https://padlet.com/catherine_cheong1_1/x5qrpji558a7kshm/wish/1103726614 2021-01-19 23:42:19 UTC https://padlet.com/catherine_cheong1_1/x5qrpji558a7kshm/wish/1103726614 zhou_muqiao https://padlet.com/catherine_cheong1_1/x5qrpji558a7kshm/wish/1103727034 Teacher could have asked why student thought that way. Give examples. Ask student to give examples of minority races in white collar jobs]]> 2021-01-19 23:42:41 UTC https://padlet.com/catherine_cheong1_1/x5qrpji558a7kshm/wish/1103727034 Teacher is trying to get the student to guess the occupation of one of the characters. Teacher is the one being racist and concluding that the student is basing his answers on race https://padlet.com/catherine_cheong1_1/x5qrpji558a7kshm/wish/1103727044 2021-01-19 23:42:42 UTC https://padlet.com/catherine_cheong1_1/x5qrpji558a7kshm/wish/1103727044 teacher is correcting students' views on racial stereotype https://padlet.com/catherine_cheong1_1/x5qrpji558a7kshm/wish/1103727290 2021-01-19 23:42:55 UTC https://padlet.com/catherine_cheong1_1/x5qrpji558a7kshm/wish/1103727290 clear discriminatory assumptions made about a race. chitrathirumaran1 https://padlet.com/catherine_cheong1_1/x5qrpji558a7kshm/wish/1103727299 2021-01-19 23:42:55 UTC https://padlet.com/catherine_cheong1_1/x5qrpji558a7kshm/wish/1103727299 https://padlet.com/catherine_cheong1_1/x5qrpji558a7kshm/wish/1103727321 The teacher is teaching a CCE lesson on stereotypes and the student made certain assumptions on a certain race. ]]> 2021-01-19 23:42:57 UTC https://padlet.com/catherine_cheong1_1/x5qrpji558a7kshm/wish/1103727321 https://padlet.com/catherine_cheong1_1/x5qrpji558a7kshm/wish/1103727476 Student displaying ignorance and assumptions]]> 2021-01-19 23:43:05 UTC https://padlet.com/catherine_cheong1_1/x5qrpji558a7kshm/wish/1103727476 that this happens all the time in the classroom and we are uncomfortable to deal with it and either just skirt around the issue or use all kinds of euphemisms instead of addressing the issue squarely. choo_siew_bee https://padlet.com/catherine_cheong1_1/x5qrpji558a7kshm/wish/1103727615 2021-01-19 23:43:10 UTC https://padlet.com/catherine_cheong1_1/x5qrpji558a7kshm/wish/1103727615 give some more examples https://padlet.com/catherine_cheong1_1/x5qrpji558a7kshm/wish/1103727909 2021-01-19 23:43:24 UTC https://padlet.com/catherine_cheong1_1/x5qrpji558a7kshm/wish/1103727909 ivaytan https://padlet.com/catherine_cheong1_1/x5qrpji558a7kshm/wish/1103728521 The teacher should have used stories to start the discussion instead.]]> 2021-01-19 23:43:54 UTC https://padlet.com/catherine_cheong1_1/x5qrpji558a7kshm/wish/1103728521 https://padlet.com/catherine_cheong1_1/x5qrpji558a7kshm/wish/1103728567 That the lesson is a failure. ]]> 2021-01-19 23:43:55 UTC https://padlet.com/catherine_cheong1_1/x5qrpji558a7kshm/wish/1103728567 https://padlet.com/catherine_cheong1_1/x5qrpji558a7kshm/wish/1103728754 Perhaps the ss has a limited schema, needs to expand awareness of society.
Perhaps ss is making sense of the context of the man wearing a T shirt and therefore did not associate it with white colour jobs.

]]> 2021-01-19 23:44:04 UTC https://padlet.com/catherine_cheong1_1/x5qrpji558a7kshm/wish/1103728754 the teacher could ask him showed him photos of blue and white collar workers and discuss with him what the attributes are associated with these. choo_siew_bee https://padlet.com/catherine_cheong1_1/x5qrpji558a7kshm/wish/1103729236 2021-01-19 23:44:28 UTC https://padlet.com/catherine_cheong1_1/x5qrpji558a7kshm/wish/1103729236 https://padlet.com/catherine_cheong1_1/x5qrpji558a7kshm/wish/1103729336 The teacher is not using the right resources to teach. Teacher must go for counselling]]> 2021-01-19 23:44:34 UTC https://padlet.com/catherine_cheong1_1/x5qrpji558a7kshm/wish/1103729336 zhou_muqiao https://padlet.com/catherine_cheong1_1/x5qrpji558a7kshm/wish/1103729478 Unpack the terms the student used, e.g. darker skinned: may not be Indian.

Can ask: what are the possible jobs/likely jobs, rather than what job does this person hold (sounds like there is only 1 choice)]]> 2021-01-19 23:44:41 UTC https://padlet.com/catherine_cheong1_1/x5qrpji558a7kshm/wish/1103729478 https://padlet.com/catherine_cheong1_1/x5qrpji558a7kshm/wish/1103729481 4 faces quite presumptuous  —> teacher is also not showing what’s reality
The student is narrow-minded and might not exposed to other different walks of life. He might be also part of a similar SES of blue-collared workers. ]]> 2021-01-19 23:44:41 UTC https://padlet.com/catherine_cheong1_1/x5qrpji558a7kshm/wish/1103729481 https://padlet.com/catherine_cheong1_1/x5qrpji558a7kshm/wish/1103729744 Teacher could have presented more pictures, present different pictures depicting all walks of life.]]> 2021-01-19 23:44:53 UTC https://padlet.com/catherine_cheong1_1/x5qrpji558a7kshm/wish/1103729744 ivaytan https://padlet.com/catherine_cheong1_1/x5qrpji558a7kshm/wish/1103729750 Use a variety of races and occupations (get students to try to match) to trigger discussions. Teacher should also have preempted reponses. ]]> 2021-01-19 23:44:54 UTC https://padlet.com/catherine_cheong1_1/x5qrpji558a7kshm/wish/1103729750 teacher might want to do some scaffolding before the lesson itself? What exactly is the objective? chitrathirumaran1 https://padlet.com/catherine_cheong1_1/x5qrpji558a7kshm/wish/1103730178 2021-01-19 23:45:07 UTC https://padlet.com/catherine_cheong1_1/x5qrpji558a7kshm/wish/1103730178 say the wrong thing or insensitive remarks not addressed https://padlet.com/catherine_cheong1_1/x5qrpji558a7kshm/wish/1103730243 2021-01-19 23:45:10 UTC https://padlet.com/catherine_cheong1_1/x5qrpji558a7kshm/wish/1103730243 https://padlet.com/catherine_cheong1_1/x5qrpji558a7kshm/wish/1103730746 Forced racist comments? This may not be the intention but it sounds like the structure of the qns may be “waiting” for a racist comment for a teacher to pounce on? ]]> 2021-01-19 23:45:34 UTC https://padlet.com/catherine_cheong1_1/x5qrpji558a7kshm/wish/1103730746 ask how the students get the preconceived ideas of different race https://padlet.com/catherine_cheong1_1/x5qrpji558a7kshm/wish/1103731038 2021-01-19 23:45:48 UTC https://padlet.com/catherine_cheong1_1/x5qrpji558a7kshm/wish/1103731038 https://padlet.com/catherine_cheong1_1/x5qrpji558a7kshm/wish/1103731068 After eliciting the student’s instinctual responses, the teacher could have given blue and white collar options on a sheet of paper and get the student to select the jobs that the Indian man could hold. Perhaps the student would then discover for himself that all jobs are possible regardless of race. If not, the teacher can discuss the unselected options with the student.]]> 2021-01-19 23:45:49 UTC https://padlet.com/catherine_cheong1_1/x5qrpji558a7kshm/wish/1103731068 https://padlet.com/catherine_cheong1_1/x5qrpji558a7kshm/wish/1103731343 Tr could have asked different questions to facilitate deeper understanding eg What other races hold similar jobs? What makes you say that?  
Perhaps tr could have pictures of different races and gender wearing different attire that could reflect occupation. ]]> 2021-01-19 23:46:01 UTC https://padlet.com/catherine_cheong1_1/x5qrpji558a7kshm/wish/1103731343 https://padlet.com/catherine_cheong1_1/x5qrpji558a7kshm/wish/1103731584 Ask him about his perception of other races and try bridge his understanding. Show photos of different races in other occupations so as to to help him overcome his lack of exposure to the minority races]]> 2021-01-19 23:46:14 UTC https://padlet.com/catherine_cheong1_1/x5qrpji558a7kshm/wish/1103731584 https://padlet.com/catherine_cheong1_1/x5qrpji558a7kshm/wish/1103731684 How not to shut the student down by telling him he needs to have a broader perspective. ]]> 2021-01-19 23:46:19 UTC https://padlet.com/catherine_cheong1_1/x5qrpji558a7kshm/wish/1103731684 https://padlet.com/catherine_cheong1_1/x5qrpji558a7kshm/wish/1103731980 Could have used greater variety of pictures showing these people doing various jobs. ]]> 2021-01-19 23:46:35 UTC https://padlet.com/catherine_cheong1_1/x5qrpji558a7kshm/wish/1103731980 https://padlet.com/catherine_cheong1_1/x5qrpji558a7kshm/wish/1103732132 Teacher needs to be gentler to tease more out of him. Teacher v impatient, and judgemental too.]]> 2021-01-19 23:46:45 UTC https://padlet.com/catherine_cheong1_1/x5qrpji558a7kshm/wish/1103732132 Get students to understand themselves as knowers first. ivaytan https://padlet.com/catherine_cheong1_1/x5qrpji558a7kshm/wish/1103733202 2021-01-19 23:47:43 UTC https://padlet.com/catherine_cheong1_1/x5qrpji558a7kshm/wish/1103733202 where do these misconceptions stem from? chitrathirumaran1 https://padlet.com/catherine_cheong1_1/x5qrpji558a7kshm/wish/1103733876 2021-01-19 23:48:17 UTC https://padlet.com/catherine_cheong1_1/x5qrpji558a7kshm/wish/1103733876 zhou_muqiao https://padlet.com/catherine_cheong1_1/x5qrpji558a7kshm/wish/1103736360 Can use real life examples of actual people in their actual jobs, then see whether the students' guesses match the reality]]> 2021-01-19 23:50:15 UTC https://padlet.com/catherine_cheong1_1/x5qrpji558a7kshm/wish/1103736360 Use coaching qns ivaytan https://padlet.com/catherine_cheong1_1/x5qrpji558a7kshm/wish/1103740970 2021-01-19 23:53:49 UTC https://padlet.com/catherine_cheong1_1/x5qrpji558a7kshm/wish/1103740970