If a course instructor at an education center wanted to custom tailor their course material around the socio-cultural perspectives of the visiting class/group, they may send out a pre-course survey to the teacher/group leader that tries to identify those perspectives. However, the typical questions for eliciting demographic information are not well suited for a teacher/group leader to respond to.
How then, might a question be posed to a group leader about the demographic composition of their group?
For instance, group age is quite easy as the question could be posed as "What is the average age of your group"....or......"what is the age range of your group".
The problem lies around trying to understand the racial and cultural identifications of the group. In the United States, a school classroom may have a diverse range of races and cultures. How can an instructor at an external education center (ie. museum, library) identify the various races and cultures of the group so that their lesson does not only cater to the majority?
I'm looking for specific examples that will not require too much effort on their primary teacher's behalf (no surveying of the classroom).
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