Diversity
Apply knowledge of diversity to address social issues of local, regional, national, and/or global importance
Description
The Diversity ULO affirms the value of students’ engagement with diversity for their personal, professional, and civic lives. This ULO requires students to demonstrate an understanding of human diversity and the relationship between individuals and society, bringing that understanding to bear on current social issues. Students’ cultural self-awareness develops as they integrate knowledge of diversity and its implications with their own identities and perspectives.
Glossary
Diversity is the variety of intersecting identities that make individuals unique, including but not limited to race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, gender expression or identity, socio-economic status, age, country of origin, veteran status, abilities, spirituality, religious beliefs, and political beliefs. Diversity recognizes the uniqueness of individuals, populations, groups and their perspectives and experiences. (Adopted from Boise State’s Statement of Diversity and Inclusivity)
Intersecting means that identities are not independent but interactive, which makes the individual unique and augments or mitigates the impact of social relationships.
Downloadable Version: Diversity ULO Rubric
Rubric
| CRITERIA | 4 – Exemplary Work | 3 – Good | 2 – Developing | 1 – Unsatisfactory |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Knowledge of Diversity | Demonstrates a sophisticated understanding of individual identities, perspectives, and their social interactions. | Demonstrates a developing understanding of individual identities, perspectives, and their social interactions. | Demonstrates simplistic understanding of individual identities, perspectives, and their social interactions. | Demonstrates little understanding of individual identities, perspectives, and their social interactions. |
| 2 Analyzing Social Issues | Explains clearly and thoroughly how a given social issue or set of issues (economic, political, religious, environmental, etc.) is informed by diverse identities, perspectives, and their social interactions. | Explains clearly how a given social issue or set of issues is informed by diverse identities, perspectives, and their social interactions. | Identifies and partially explains how a given social issue or set of issues is informed by diverse identities, perspectives, and their social interactions. | Unable to adequately explain how a given social issue or set of issues is informed by diverse identities, perspectives, and their social interactions. |
| 3 Applying Knowledge of Diversity to Social Issues | Evaluates different approaches to a given social issue (or set of issues) and suggests reasoned steps to work toward a common goal by applying cultural awareness and knowledge of diversity. | Evaluates different approaches to a given social issue or set of issues and suggests a way to work toward a common goal by applying cultural awareness and knowledge of diversity. | Partially evaluates an approach to a given social issue or set of issues and may suggest a way to work toward a common goal by applying cultural awareness and knowledge of diversity. | Unable to adequately evaluate an approach to a given social issue or set of issues and/or suggest a way to work toward a common goal by applying cultural awareness and knowledge of diversity. |
| 4 Cultural Self-Awareness | Describes one’s own intersecting identities in nuanced ways and thoughtfully assesses how they shape one’s own cultural expectations and biases. | Describes one’s own intersecting identities and recognizes their possible impact on one’s own cultural expectations and biases. | Partially describes one’s own intersecting identities and may recognize their possible impact on one’s own cultural expectations and biases. | Unable to describe one’s own intersecting identities or recognize their impact on one’s own cultural expectations and biases. |