Questioning Your Own Biases
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
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Teaching Table
Set out your lesson
Separate an observation from an assumption and choose a fair way to check an interpretation.
Ask whether 'did not speak during the first minute' and 'does not want friends' are the same kind of statement. Use fictional names only.
Check learner readiness separately; the existence of a prerequisite lesson is not evidence of attainment.
Read the supplied scenario cards. Learner may pass or use fictional responses; no confession or naming a real peer is requested.
Record actual responses, assistance and access mode; never invent observations or infer mastery.
Use the complete materials on screen or print only the current sheet. Keep adult guidance out of learner view. Retain an earlier model only when the current step supplies it as context.
Teaching limits and safe use
These are finite task opportunities, not proof of mastery. Record what was attempted and what support was used.
One fictional response cannot establish awareness of unconscious bias in real interactions. Optional self-reflection is not required evidence; no stereotype about a protected group is rehearsed.
Record actual responses, assistance and access mode; never invent observations or infer mastery.
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Separate an observation from an assumption and choose a fair way to check an interpretation.
Separate an observation from an assumption and choose a fair way to check an interpretation.
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Check understanding
- 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
“Can your child catch themselves making an assumption about someone — like assuming a quiet child is unfriendly — and then question whether that assumption is fair?”
Curriculum record
- Type
- Meta
- Subject
- Personal & Social Development
- Domain
- Empathy & Social Awareness
- Age range
- Ages 9–11