I think C is the right option, but that's with the benefit of hindsight. IRL I would be embarrassingly likely to choose B, which I agree is a bad choice, but sometimes I want to keep the discussion on track more than I want to fight-all-the-oppressions. In certain moods I might go with D, not as a conscious choice but because the words would come straight out of my mouth before I had time to think.
Actual experience of this: class discussion about diet and health, and clueless but well-meaning student gives an example of how people from [ethnic minority] only ever eat [stereotypical food], and that's not very balanced. There were a couple of students from [ethnic minority] backgrounds present who looked very uncomfortable, and I came straight out with "Come on, that's like saying that English people don't get enough vitamins because we only ever eat bread!" This lead to CBWM getting very embarrassed, and indeed, to my mortification the rest of the group teased her about it for weeks afterwards. So it didn't really fulfil my pedagogic goal of getting students comfortable with expressing opinions in my class, I'm afraid. Challenging CBWM in a more gentle and supportive way would have been a lot better.
I don't think A would occur to me as an option, especially not if the face-making student were someone who doesn't speak up in class much. E I agree is not much better than B, and while it would be nice if it happened, I certainly wouldn't expect it.
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Date: 2012-03-01 09:05 pm (UTC)Actual experience of this: class discussion about diet and health, and clueless but well-meaning student gives an example of how people from [ethnic minority] only ever eat [stereotypical food], and that's not very balanced. There were a couple of students from [ethnic minority] backgrounds present who looked very uncomfortable, and I came straight out with "Come on, that's like saying that English people don't get enough vitamins because we only ever eat bread!" This lead to CBWM getting very embarrassed, and indeed, to my mortification the rest of the group teased her about it for weeks afterwards. So it didn't really fulfil my pedagogic goal of , I'm afraid. Challenging CBWM in a more gentle and supportive way would have been a lot better.
I don't think A would occur to me as an option, especially not if the face-making student were someone who doesn't speak up in class much. E I agree is not much better than B, and while it would be nice if it happened, I certainly wouldn't expect it.