Questioning Your Own Biases
Personal & Social Development · Empathy & Social Awareness · meta
Reflect on their own assumptions and biases — recognising that everyone carries unconscious assumptions about others, and that actively questioning these assumptions is an ongoing practice that leads to greater fairness and empathy
What mastery looks like
- Describe a time they made an assumption about someone that turned out to be wrong
- Explain what unconscious bias means in simple terms
- Describe a strategy for checking their own assumptions, such as asking questions before judging
Check your understanding
Can Questioning Your Own Biases catch themselves making an assumption about someone — like assuming a quiet child is unfriendly — and then question whether that assumption is fair?
Prerequisites
Required first
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