Bringing Women's Studies to Life: Integrating a Human Library into Augustana's Women's Studies Curriculum

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Main Authors: Blizzard, Kara, Becker, Yvonne, Goebel, Nancy
Format: Recurso educativo Open Access
Language:en
Published: 2018
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author Blizzard, Kara
Becker, Yvonne
Goebel, Nancy
author_facet Blizzard, Kara
Becker, Yvonne
Goebel, Nancy
Blizzard, Kara
Becker, Yvonne
Goebel, Nancy
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contents Bringing Women's Studies to Life: Integrating a Human Library into Augustana's Women's Studies Curriculum Blizzard, Kara Becker, Yvonne Goebel, Nancy Foreign Countries Womens Studies College Students Personal Narratives Libraries Social Bias Gender Bias Social Discrimination Recruitment Planning Library Services Budgets Scheduling Advertising Information Literacy Program Descriptions Student Attitudes Program Effectiveness Educational Benefits Learner Engagement Empathy A human library is an event in which "readers" listen to "human books" tell personal stories about specific topics related to prejudice and discrimination. At the Augustana Campus of the University of Alberta, the research team designed an assignment and collected associated data on the integration of the Augustana human library into an undergraduate Introduction to Women's Studies course. The assignment challenged students to consider both oral narratives and scholarly journal articles as information sources. Results showed that the human library assignment contributed to increased empathy, critical thinking, and engagement with course topics.
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spellingShingle Bringing Women's Studies to Life: Integrating a Human Library into Augustana's Women's Studies Curriculum
Blizzard, Kara
Becker, Yvonne
Goebel, Nancy
Foreign Countries
Womens Studies
College Students
Personal Narratives
Libraries
Social Bias
Gender Bias
Social Discrimination
Recruitment
Planning
Library Services
Budgets
Scheduling
Advertising
Information Literacy
Program Descriptions
Student Attitudes
Program Effectiveness
Educational Benefits
Learner Engagement
Empathy
Bringing Women's Studies to Life: Integrating a Human Library into Augustana's Women's Studies Curriculum Blizzard, Kara Becker, Yvonne Goebel, Nancy Foreign Countries Womens Studies College Students Personal Narratives Libraries Social Bias Gender Bias Social Discrimination Recruitment Planning Library Services Budgets Scheduling Advertising Information Literacy Program Descriptions Student Attitudes Program Effectiveness Educational Benefits Learner Engagement Empathy A human library is an event in which "readers" listen to "human books" tell personal stories about specific topics related to prejudice and discrimination. At the Augustana Campus of the University of Alberta, the research team designed an assignment and collected associated data on the integration of the Augustana human library into an undergraduate Introduction to Women's Studies course. The assignment challenged students to consider both oral narratives and scholarly journal articles as information sources. Results showed that the human library assignment contributed to increased empathy, critical thinking, and engagement with course topics.
title Bringing Women's Studies to Life: Integrating a Human Library into Augustana's Women's Studies Curriculum
topic Foreign Countries
Womens Studies
College Students
Personal Narratives
Libraries
Social Bias
Gender Bias
Social Discrimination
Recruitment
Planning
Library Services
Budgets
Scheduling
Advertising
Information Literacy
Program Descriptions
Student Attitudes
Program Effectiveness
Educational Benefits
Learner Engagement
Empathy
url https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ1203529