Getting to Know Yourself and Understand Others

Course Overview

This course uses a unique approach to making sense of issues that affect our society. This multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary approach considers the need to understand one's role as we tackle various issues of diversity. You will explore ideas behind your own sense of self-concept and the impact of external and multiple sources on your sense of self.

This first course contains five section topics (including the introduction). Each contains a video lecture and ends with considerations and questions for the discussion forum. Additional, optional reading materials are provided to help enhance the experience.

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Introduction to Identity

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Institution Identity

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Discourse Identity

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Affinity Identity

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Getting to Know Yourself and Understand Other

Build empathy as you tackle issues of diversity.

This 5 week course uses a unique approach to making sense of issues that affect our society. This multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary approach considers the need to understand one's role as we tackle various issues of diversity. You will explore ideas behind your own sense of self-concept and the impact of external and multiple sources on your sense of identity.

This approach considers that one way to understand others is to also be aware of you yourself consider issues that affect you, while being called to consider others. For example, some people have never had to reflect on who they are and others spend a great deal of time reflecting on the impact of society on who they are.

This course contains five section topics (including the introduction). Each contains a video lecture and ends with considerations and questions for the discussion forum. Additional, optional reading materials are provided to help enhance the learning experience.

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About Me

My name is Catherine Quinlan. In my job as a professor and researcher I spend a great deal of time gaining insights into issues related to how we learn or even come to understand the world around us. I take an applied cognitive psychology approach to understanding issues related to identity and what empowers us. In this course I incorporate understandings from research and bring this into our practical and living space.

Lately, I have found myself in more and more positions where I provide insights into ideas that would bridge various parts of our society. My strength is bridging theory and practice. For me, theory is useless if I can’t apply it to my daily life or understand its practical use. Similarly, it is important and helpful to have research that backs up practice.

I hope you learn a great deal about diversity as you come to various understandings and learn alongside other members of our community.

Featured Courses

This area showcases my first course: "Getting to Know Yourself and Understand Others" which is designed for people in various roles. As the course progresses you gain more and more insights into multidisciplinary perspectives that considers our culture, society, and history along with psychological implications for understanding how multiple sources affect our ways of being.

This course was designed to allow diverse people to learn about themselves and each other in a safe environment. The safety of this environment is found in the facilitation that allows each person to understand him or herself as we co-exist together.

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