Instructional Methods & Techniques Flashcards

When designing a virtual diversity training session, which adaptation MOST preserves the interactivity of in-person dialogue?

Answer: Use breakout rooms for small-group discussion combined with shared collaborative documents

Breakout rooms replicate the intimacy of small-group in-person dialogue while collaborative documents allow real-time co-creation across distance.

A trainer is working with a homogeneous group that lacks first-hand exposure to diverse communities. Which method BEST builds empathy and perspective-taking?

Answer: Use immersive simulations or counter-narrative videos featuring diverse lived experiences

Immersive simulations and counter-narrative media expose participants to authentic diverse perspectives they otherwise lack, activating empathy through vicarious experience.

The 'gallery walk' activity in diversity training asks participants to post and respond to written reflections on chart paper around the room. Its PRIMARY instructional value is:

Answer: Allowing anonymous, visible exchange of multiple perspectives simultaneously

Gallery walks make multiple simultaneous perspectives visible and allow participants to respond in writing, honoring diverse processing styles and amplifying viewpoint diversity.

Which concept describes the trainer's responsibility to examine how their own identity affects their facilitation of diversity content?

Answer: Positionality and reflexivity

Positionality refers to how a trainer's social identities shape their perspective and facilitation, while reflexivity is the ongoing practice of examining that influence.

An organization requests a one-hour diversity awareness session for all 500 employees. A CDT should FIRST advise that:

Answer: Sustainable behavior change requires multi-session, longitudinal programming beyond a single event

Research consistently shows that one-time diversity events have minimal lasting impact; effective programs require ongoing, reinforced learning across multiple touchpoints.

In Bloom's Taxonomy, a diversity training objective that asks participants to 'design an inclusive onboarding process for new hires' targets which cognitive level?

Answer: Create

Designing a new process requires combining elements in novel ways, which corresponds to the 'Create' level—the highest order in Bloom's revised taxonomy.

A trainer uses a 'privilege walk' activity where participants physically step forward or backward based on identity questions. The MOST important facilitation consideration is:

Answer: Building in robust debrief time to process emotions and connect experience to systemic concepts

Physical embodiment activities like the privilege walk generate strong emotions; structured debrief time is essential to convert that emotional arousal into constructive insight rather than trauma or resentment.