In what ways does the above picture illustrate the caption below it? Discuss.
(As far as I can tell, all communication disorders textbooks are required to contain at least two dozen photographs of clinicians sitting at tables with other people, usually children. All of the pictures are exactly the same, but they all have different captions beneath them, as if the existence of each individual photograph in the textbook somehow elucidates some specific concept covered in the text. And it is required that at least two different ethnic groups be represented in each photograph.)
(I'm in the home stretch with my coursework and will resume regular programming soon. I have many things I want to blog about, including the joys of living in a tourist town and the "nosiness" of Moroccans.* Stay tuned!)
*Don't get offended by this. I'll explain it in a future post.
This photo puzzles me. The young girl at left looks like a sophomore- too young to be the "clinician". And is the other young girl supposed to be some sort of mentor, or observer?
ReplyDeleteAs far as "forced inclusiveness" goes, Physics texts are right up there, with diagrams showing people of different races and genders doing experiments. I wonder whether this really accomplishes anything. Yours truly has been asked multiple times to be the poster girl (literally, for campus posters and brochures). Yours truly has always politely but firmly, refused. It has too many undertones of the (now outlawed) freakshows. "Look at the woman with two heads". "Look at the woman doing graduate studies in Physics".