You have 60 minutes including a ten minute break. 4 questions. As a group, decide when in the 60 minutes you want to take your break.
Assign one member of your group as note taker, and another as presenter.
Then, individually, read the following article:
"How the rhetoric of Imposter Syndrome is used to gaslight women in tech" by Alexis Hancock for Model View Culture. Published Apr 25, 2016.
After having read the article above, discuss the following questions and keep notes on your answers. Bullet points are fine.
You can keep the notes in a text file, a secret gist, a blank piece of paper, or anywhere else, as long as you'll be able to share it with your teacher when you're done. Add a note also about who is on your team and what topic you're discussing about.
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Discuss the article. What did you find confusing and/or insightful?
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The author mentions several examples of how the feeling of 'imposter syndrome' is created by environmental factors. List three of them.
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List three ways that toxic work environments in tech might limit the growth or career development of people currently under-represented in tech (ex. women, Black people, Indigenous peoples, etc).
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Have you personally encountered the term 'imposter syndrome'? Where and in what context? How else could you think about that situation after reading this article?