The Double Bind in Physics Education: Intersectionality, Equity, and Belonging for Women of Color

Autor/in	Ong, Maria
Titel	The Double Bind in Physics Education: Intersectionality, Equity, and Belonging for Women of Color
Quelle	(2023), (272 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
ISBN	978-1-68253-783-1
Schlagwörter	Physics; Science Instruction; Disproportionate Representation; Females; Minority Group Students; Womens Education; Undergraduate Students; Barriers; Racism; Gender Bias; Equal Opportunities (Jobs); Educational Discrimination; Affordances; Social Support Groups; Peer Influence; Mentors; Inclusion + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Physik; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Weibliches Geschlecht; 'Women''s education'; Frauenbildung; Rassismus; Geschlechterstereotyp; Equal opportunity; Equal opportunities; Job; Jobs; Chancengleichheit; Beruf; Social support; Soziale Unterstützung; Inklusion
Abstract	In a detailed exploration of inclusion in physics, social scientist Maria Ong makes the case for far-reaching higher education reform, noting that despite diversity efforts to recruit more women and students of color into science and mathematics programs, many leave the STEM pipeline. "The Double Bind in Physics Education" takes readers inside the issue by following 10 women of color from their entrance into the undergraduate physics program at a large research university through their pursuit of various educational and career paths. Candid interviews with these women, their instructors and mentors, and their peers, conducted over 25 years, allow Ong to trace how pervasive challenges, such as navigating the intersectionality of race and gender discrimination, have shaped their academic opportunities and career choices. Despite the ideals of objectivity promoted in STEM disciplines, the women profiled here encounter continued patterns of systemic oppression within their departments. In their stories, Ong identifies overt behaviors and microaggressions that harass, exclude, and otherwise disadvantage women of color and members of other minoritized groups. Ong also shows how aids such as student support programs, peer groups, allies, and mentors, which are centered on the individual, can go only so far toward a sustainable solution. In order to provide equitable opportunities, she argues, greater work must be done to dismantle institutional norms and replace them with a culture of inclusion. [Foreword written by Shirley M. Malcom.] (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01