Playing “Sherlock Holmes”: Enhancing Students' Understanding of Prejudice and Stereotyping

We describe a simple, innovative classroom exercise designed to heighten students' understanding of stereotyping and prejudice. Students enjoyed the exercise and indicated it helped increase their awareness and understanding of their own and others' stereotypes and prejudice and the negati...

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Published in:Teaching of psychology 2001-04, Vol.28 (2), p.121-124
Main Authors: Junn, Ellen N., Grier, Leslie K., Behrens, Debra P.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Bias
Class Activities
Educational Benefits
Experiential Learning
Higher Education
Prejudice
Psychology
Questionnaires
Stereotypes
Student Reaction
Students
Undergraduate Students
Undergraduate Study
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Summary:We describe a simple, innovative classroom exercise designed to heighten students' understanding of stereotyping and prejudice. Students enjoyed the exercise and indicated it helped increase their awareness and understanding of their own and others' stereotypes and prejudice and the negative effects of prejudice. Students of color reported more benefits from the exercise. We provide suggestions and recommendations for carrying out the exercise.
ISSN:0098-6283
1532-8023
DOI:10.1207/S15328023TOP2802_12