Many sources you will want to use for curricular purposes have bias in them. While bias is a normal part of our existence within societies, some biases are harmful. Biases that are harmful present social norms that exclude historically and widely marginalized people.
One way to identify if a source has bias is to consider the following questions organized around social identity markers used in the United States. While having some form of bias does not immediately mean you discard the curricular resource because context matters, it is important to know how to evaluate the impact of the bias. The questions below are designed not as a checklist, but rather as a guide to begin identifying bias. Use this tool as a starting place to help you vet and assess the bias in a resource and determine whether or not the resource can be edited/modified and used.
- Subject:
- Education
- Material Type:
- Assessment
- Author:
- 2021 ISKME - created by Lorena Germán, Christina Spears, Jemelleh Coes, Josh Parker, Rudy Bankston, and Tamara Mouw.
- Date Added:
- 04/28/2021