WSST Conference 2020

We all know the statistics about “low achievement” of minorities in science education and the subsequent lack of diversity in STEM careers, but what can we do? Science is “objective” so bringing culture into our lessons is impossible, isn’t it? In this workshop we will begin (but not finish) a conversation considering the historical and current bias that exists in science and begin to think about how we as science teachers can begin to address these issues in our classrooms. We will take time to think about ways in which different groups of people have been included or excluded from science and consider how the cultural myth of science as an infallible, objective subject is perpetuated today. With a mix of small and large group discussion, personal reflection, readings, and other active learning techniques, we will critically consider what we include as science, the purpose of doing science and what representations of science and scientists we use in our curriculum.
Please bring a laptop or tablet to this session.  If you have ideas to share or work on, please bring them along.  Feel free to contact me directly given the cancellation.