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Designing equitable STEM education: Guidelines for parents, educators and policy-makers to reduce gender/racial achievement gaps
International Encyclopedia of Education, pp.334-343
Elsevier Ltd, Fourth Edition
2023
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Abstract
This article provides an overview of the topic of inclusive STEM education, and in particular evidence-based interventions to close gender and racial achievement gaps. There are relatively simple and cost-effective interventions developed by educational psychologists that boost student resilience and motivation, and a strong evidence base for their use. Visual-spatial training and values affirmation are two techniques that make for more equitable STEM outcomes and have been shown to close racial/gender gaps in science and mathematics achievement. They may also be of benefit for other demographic subgroups, including SES, students with a disability, and neurodiverse learners.
Details
- Title
- Designing equitable STEM education: Guidelines for parents, educators and policy-makers to reduce gender/racial achievement gaps
- Creators
- David Hugh Reilly - Griffith UniversityAida Hurem - Griffith University
- Publication Details
- International Encyclopedia of Education, pp.334-343
- Publisher
- Elsevier Ltd
- Edition
- Fourth Edition
- Identifiers
- 991013093513302368
- Copyright
- Copyright © 2023 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
- Academic Unit
- Faculty of Education; Faculty of Health
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Book chapter