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How teacher instinct could encourage unconscious bias
Your gut instinct can be the difference between life and death – but you can’t rely on it for everyday decision making, writes Pragya Agarwal. Because instinct is shaped by biases and prejudices, teachers should be wary of acting on it – and instead use it as a trigger for analytical and logical thought
10 July 2020