Incorporating equity, diversity, and inclusion in science

Lessons learned from an undergraduate seminar

Datos Bibliográficos

ID21392800
AutoresAishwarya Ramachandran (0000-0002-1590-741X, School of Kinesiology University of British Columbia Vancouver British Columbia Canada), Isobel C Mouat (0000-0003-4319-9067, Centre for Inflammation Research University of Edinburgh Edinburgh Scotland), Gunilla Öberg (0000-0003-2319-0401, Institute for Resources, Environment, and Sustainability University of British Columbia Vancouver British Columbia Canada)
Año2023
Volumen107
Número1
Páginas180-202
Fecha de publicación2023-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaScience Education (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0036-8326 • E-ISSN: 1098-237X
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/sce.21768
OpenAlexW4296184852
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas1
Referencias citadas92

Questions of equity, diversity, and inclusion in the sciences have taken center stage in light of the COVID‐19 pandemic and Black Lives Matter movement of 2020. This paper focuses on the experiences of academics engaging in such work, particularly in their roles as educators, by sharing two of the authors' experiences introducing equity, diversity, and inclusion initiatives in a first‐year science course at a Canadian university. Using critical research methodologies like narrative inquiry and memory work, we look at three separate instances where complex personal, institutional and course attributes fostered, allowed, or hindered efforts to bring these initiatives into the classroom. We consider how problematic incidents and obstacles relating to the organization of content on equity, diversity, and inclusion in science cropped up during the process, how they were perceived and handled in the moment, as well as the authors' reflections, takeaways, and lessons learned from the experience. These stories suggest that efforts to center discussions about equity, diversity, and inclusion in undergraduate science classrooms can be unpredictable and complex, particularly at the day‐to‐day level; this is especially the case when handling subtler microaggressions rather than clear instances of discrimination or harassment. Our study points to the importance of creating a more permanent institutional memory for initiatives that outlive those who initiated and organized them, so that they become embedded within the culture of a course or department

Diversity (politics) · Equity (law) · Harassment · Inclusion (mineral) · Narrative · Pedagogy · Political science · Public relations · Social science · Sociology · Critical Race Theory in Education · Evaluation of Teaching Practices · Higher Education Practises and Engagement · Law · Psychology · Social Psychology