WEBVTT 00:00:06.330 --> 00:00:07.830 CATHY DRENNAN: So I'm Cathy Drennan. 00:00:07.830 --> 00:00:09.990 I'm a Professor of Chemistry and Biology 00:00:09.990 --> 00:00:12.690 here at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 00:00:12.690 --> 00:00:15.630 I'm also an investigator and professor with the Howard 00:00:15.630 --> 00:00:17.512 Hughes Medical Institute. 00:00:17.512 --> 00:00:19.470 And I just wanted to give a little introduction 00:00:19.470 --> 00:00:22.380 to the training video you're about to watch, this workshop 00:00:22.380 --> 00:00:26.070 that we've developed, that is on the topic of stereotype, 00:00:26.070 --> 00:00:30.420 stereotype threat, Why Is Criticism Unconscious Bias. 00:00:30.420 --> 00:00:33.330 And so in this workshop you're about to see, 00:00:33.330 --> 00:00:36.150 this is the workshop that we run for teacher training 00:00:36.150 --> 00:00:38.410 at MIT, both in the biology department 00:00:38.410 --> 00:00:39.990 and in the chemistry department. 00:00:39.990 --> 00:00:41.910 So most of the people in this room 00:00:41.910 --> 00:00:45.780 are about to go on an adventure of teaching for the first time 00:00:45.780 --> 00:00:47.190 here at MIT. 00:00:47.190 --> 00:00:49.740 So I'm going to talk about the motivation 00:00:49.740 --> 00:00:52.720 for doing this workshop actually in the workshop. 00:00:52.720 --> 00:00:54.720 But let me just tell you the goals for a minute. 00:00:54.720 --> 00:00:56.460 So we want the people who are going 00:00:56.460 --> 00:01:00.360 to be teaching our students here to know about stereotypes, 00:01:00.360 --> 00:01:03.300 know about stereotype threat, feel comfortable with terms 00:01:03.300 --> 00:01:06.120 such as wise criticism, know some of the data 00:01:06.120 --> 00:01:10.290 behind the idea that stereotype threat can actually 00:01:10.290 --> 00:01:12.780 lead to underperformance by students, 00:01:12.780 --> 00:01:14.910 and think about how do you create 00:01:14.910 --> 00:01:17.970 an environment in your classroom where every student can reach 00:01:17.970 --> 00:01:19.327 their full potential. 00:01:19.327 --> 00:01:20.910 So that's what this training is about. 00:01:20.910 --> 00:01:23.160 And we hope the students coming out the other end 00:01:23.160 --> 00:01:25.410 are going to be really excited about their classroom 00:01:25.410 --> 00:01:28.590 experience and how they're going to create this environment 00:01:28.590 --> 00:01:30.400 for every student. 00:01:30.400 --> 00:01:32.310 So although this training is really 00:01:32.310 --> 00:01:34.500 designed for teaching assistants, 00:01:34.500 --> 00:01:38.340 we found that this material is broadly applicable. 00:01:38.340 --> 00:01:40.770 It can be used to train faculty members. 00:01:40.770 --> 00:01:46.140 It can be used to train mentors in a research laboratory. 00:01:46.140 --> 00:01:49.130 It can be used to become a better student oneself 00:01:49.130 --> 00:01:51.430 or a better mentee oneself. 00:01:51.430 --> 00:01:53.610 It's really for everyone. 00:01:53.610 --> 00:01:56.100 And it relates to everyone. 00:01:56.100 --> 00:01:59.700 So I'm hoping at the end of watching this video, 00:01:59.700 --> 00:02:02.100 that maybe you will feel comfortable enough 00:02:02.100 --> 00:02:04.890 with this material that you might start these discussions 00:02:04.890 --> 00:02:06.540 at your home institution. 00:02:06.540 --> 00:02:08.490 So I'm going to make available to you 00:02:08.490 --> 00:02:13.350 both this workshop on videotape, all of the slides 00:02:13.350 --> 00:02:15.480 that you're about to see, a booklet 00:02:15.480 --> 00:02:17.610 with more information for you to read 00:02:17.610 --> 00:02:20.820 and exercises in it, references in it. 00:02:20.820 --> 00:02:22.200 It can be used-- 00:02:22.200 --> 00:02:25.230 people can read about this before they do a workshop. 00:02:25.230 --> 00:02:27.300 We're hoping to have this discussion just sort 00:02:27.300 --> 00:02:29.072 of spread all over the place. 00:02:29.072 --> 00:02:30.780 And I know what some of you are thinking. 00:02:30.780 --> 00:02:34.650 It's like, no way, I cannot lead this discussion myself. 00:02:34.650 --> 00:02:36.540 But you know, that's what I used to think. 00:02:36.540 --> 00:02:39.090 And everyone can talk about these things. 00:02:39.090 --> 00:02:41.490 Sometimes it makes us feel a little uncomfortable to talk 00:02:41.490 --> 00:02:43.440 about things like stereotypes. 00:02:43.440 --> 00:02:45.060 But we can talk about them. 00:02:45.060 --> 00:02:46.890 We need to talk about them. 00:02:46.890 --> 00:02:48.720 And after watching this video, we 00:02:48.720 --> 00:02:52.120 hope that you'll be ready to start a discussion of your own. 00:02:52.120 --> 00:02:54.750 So it's important to do this. 00:02:54.750 --> 00:02:57.510 It's an important time to be having these discussions, 00:02:57.510 --> 00:02:59.730 because there are a lot of problems in the world. 00:02:59.730 --> 00:03:01.350 And in addition to being a professor, 00:03:01.350 --> 00:03:02.880 I'm a mom of a 10-year-old. 00:03:02.880 --> 00:03:05.340 And I can tell you, I'm really worried about the planet 00:03:05.340 --> 00:03:06.850 that she's going to be inheriting. 00:03:06.850 --> 00:03:08.040 There's global warming. 00:03:08.040 --> 00:03:09.660 There's warming of oceans. 00:03:09.660 --> 00:03:11.680 There's antibiotic resistance. 00:03:11.680 --> 00:03:14.860 We need smart people to be thinking about these problems. 00:03:14.860 --> 00:03:17.590 We need scientists to be thinking about these problems. 00:03:17.590 --> 00:03:21.210 So we need everyone who wants to be a scientist 00:03:21.210 --> 00:03:24.540 to be able to reach their full potential so that we can tackle 00:03:24.540 --> 00:03:26.372 these important problems moving forward. 00:03:26.372 --> 00:03:28.080 And that's what this training is designed 00:03:28.080 --> 00:03:31.470 to do-- start the discussion so that everyone 00:03:31.470 --> 00:03:33.270 can be in an environment where they 00:03:33.270 --> 00:03:34.900 can reach their full potential. 00:03:34.900 --> 00:03:36.980 So enjoy watching.