6-1 Discussion: Intentional Inclusion Through Cultural AwarenessCultural awareness requires that you understand your cultural worldview and how the experiences you have lived can impact your perceptions of cultural differences. Regardless of your experiences, it’s important to listen to others with empathy and give them a safe space to communicate and be heard. In this discussion, you will explore strategies you can use to listen to others with empathy in online learning environments. You do not need to describe a specific event; you only need to discuss the strategies for listening with empathy.
Discussing challenges that face our world often means investigating opinions and ideas different from your own. Remember to remain thoughtful and respectful towards your peers and instructor in your initial and response discussion posts.
Create one initial post and respond to at least two of your classmates.
For your initial post, address the following:
- How do you listen to others with empathy in the online learning environment? (Or how could you?)
- How have others listened to you with empathy?
For your response posts, address the following:
- How can you move from listening with empathy in the classroom to listening to others with empathy outside the classroom?
- What additional feedback and strategies may strengthen your peer’s opportunities to be more inclusive of others with diverse backgrounds?
Remember, your contributions to the discussion play an important part in building the classroom learning community. This assignment is graded on the quality of your initial post and at least two response posts to your classmates. If you refer to any resources, be sure to include an attribution (or citation) for each.
Brightspace allows the addition of video notes in discussion posts. You may use the Video Note tool to complete this assignment. Written posts are equally acceptable. If you use Video Note, your video should be 2-5 minutes long. If you need assistance using Video Note, please refer to the resources in the Start Here module.
To complete this assignment, review the Discussion Rubric.
