Reinventing U Episode 6: Throwing out the Lesson Plan with OiYan-Poon
Oct 3, 2019
Dr. OiYan Poon, an Associate Professor and director at the RISE Center, delves into crucial insights on education and equity. She stresses the importance of adaptability in lesson plans to address collective student precarity. OiYan argues for racial literacy in STEM, challenging the myth of 'math neutrality.' She unpacks intersectionality and its role in admissions, advocating for the elimination of standardized testing due to its inequitable impacts. Finally, she highlights the mission of the RISE Center to promote campus equity and racial literacy.
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College Changed Her Career Path
- OiYan Poon left a racially hostile hometown to attend Boston College and found ethnic studies transformative.
- Undergraduate activism and an ethnic studies course steered her from marketing to higher-education work.
Acknowledge Humanity Before Content
- Acknowledge humanity first when teaching during crises and adapt lesson plans accordingly.
- Doing so builds trust and enables deeper learning while still connecting back to course objectives.
Use Your Story To Drive Scholarship
- Let personal narrative fuel scholar-activism and public scholarship.
- Build communities instead of adopting a lone 'superhero' approach to change.