You Don't Look Like a Physicist

Autor/in	Santos, Antonio Carlos Fontes
Titel	You Don't Look Like a Physicist
Quelle	In: Physics Teacher, 55 (2017) 9, S.524-527 (4 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0031-921X
Schlagwörter	Physics; Stereotypes; College Faculty; Science Instruction; Minority Group Teachers; Blacks; Disproportionate Representation; High Schools; Educational Quality; Poverty; Barriers; Foreign Countries; Teaching Methods; Access to Education; Brazil + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Physik; Klischee; Fakultät; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Black person; Schwarzer; High school; Oberschule; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Armut; Ausland; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Brasilien
Abstract	"You don't look like a physicist!" "Sorry, this bus only goes to the university, Sir." "Where are you going, sir?" "So, you are a university professor? But a substitute one, aren't you?" "OK, you're a professor, but do you do research?" As a person of color teaching physics in Brazil, those are some comments that I usually hear. They are consequences of stereotypes, prejudices, and discrimination, which are related but different ideas. Stereotypes indicate expectations and beliefs about an individual or a group, prejudice denotes feelings, and discrimination expresses behaviors. People are likely to be astonished whenever a Black person says that he or she is a physicist. This paper aims to raise awareness of the underrepresentation of Black physics professors and researchers in Brazil and how the lack of quality high school physics education impacts Black and poor students in Brazil. Finally, some considerations on how physics education can assist minority students in overcoming social barriers that contribute to their underrepresentation are presented. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01