Proposal Title
Social justice issues in neuroscience - the great, the bad and the incredibly messy
Session Type
Reflective Practice
Room
FNB 1220
Start Date
5-7-2019 2:15 PM
Keywords
social justice issues, neuroscience, gender in science, educational equity
Primary Threads
None of the Above
Abstract
Social justice issues are topics that are not typically broached within most STEM disciplines. In this session I will share my experiences in introducing social justice issues (gender, race, bias etc.) in a core 3rd year cellular and molecular biology oriented neuroscience class, student reactions to this material and my own comfort/discomfort and discussions that I had not predicted. Reflective questions in advance - do you have an opinion on whether these topics should be covered in STEM courses, what do you think were the major barriers and from what sources and how did students receive these topics that were interwoven into half of the lecture material in the course. These are larger pedagogical issues for those interested in multifaceted educational equity.
Elements of Engagement
I will provide mini-reflective prompts and participants will "vote" on the questions addressed above.
Creative Commons License
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Social justice issues in neuroscience - the great, the bad and the incredibly messy
FNB 1220
Social justice issues are topics that are not typically broached within most STEM disciplines. In this session I will share my experiences in introducing social justice issues (gender, race, bias etc.) in a core 3rd year cellular and molecular biology oriented neuroscience class, student reactions to this material and my own comfort/discomfort and discussions that I had not predicted. Reflective questions in advance - do you have an opinion on whether these topics should be covered in STEM courses, what do you think were the major barriers and from what sources and how did students receive these topics that were interwoven into half of the lecture material in the course. These are larger pedagogical issues for those interested in multifaceted educational equity.