Teaching and Learning Physics weekly schedule
Week 11: 11/3 and 11/5: Access and Inclusion, Power and Privilege, Race and Gender, and Curricular Approaches
Tues 11/3: Gender and Race in Physics (or lack thereof?):
ALL: Schiebinger: Has Feminism Changed Science. read Introduction (can skip the part marked from pp. 13-15) [reading summary]
and: Read at least one, preferably both of the following two (but neither is long)
Claude Steele -on Stereotype Threat - paper (a popular piece from the Atlantic Monthly) [summary]
Peggy McIntosh -White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack [summary]
bonus (we'll be discussing):
Take the implicit bias survey and see what you think / findings overall.
Go to social attitudes, select 'take a test', any is fine but if you want ... select Gender IAT
(Don't take these too personally btw).Grads:
Schiebinger: Has Feminism Changed Science Chapter 9 on math and science ---
and one of
L. Kost, S.J. Pollock, and N. Finkelstein, “Characterizing the gender gap in introductory physics,” Physical Review ST: Phys Educ. Research 5, 010101 (2009).
or
Mikaye, L. Kost, N.D. Finkelstein, S. Pollock, G. Cohen, T. Ito, 'Reducing the Gender Achievement Gap in College Science: A Classroom Study of Values Affirmation" Science 26, Vol. 330 no. 6008 pp. 1234-1237.
or
Hazari, Z. et al. Factors that affect the physical science career interest of female students: Testing five common hypotheses, PRST PER: 9, 020115 (2013)
Thurs 11/5: Putting Theory to Practice: South African Bridge Program & Compass/CU-Prime/ Access-Network
South African Bridge Program and COMPASS/ACCESS-Network efforts
and any of the above readings you intended to do for Tues but didn't do.
Three optional papers about Compass on NB:
- Physics Today on Compass
- How not to plan a disability conference
- 2012 PERC (4pp) on COMPASS