Table 1: Summary of STEM courses redesigned with Inclusive Pedagogy Goals
DISCIPLINE | TITLE & INSTRUCTOR | PROJECT DESCRIPTION |
Biology | Developmental Neurobiology
Dr. Elena Silva | Upper-level Biology majors examined the role of diversity in experiment design in the field, and considered disparities in scientific literacy and accessibility. Therefore, they discussed the importance of diversity in science within the context of the topic. |
Geoscience | Environmental Geoscience
Dr. Sarah Stewart Johnson | Students participated in a project to open-up access to field studies of water-quality for those with physical disabilities; allowing individuals to participate in these studies despite physical disabilities. Students helped to produce 360-degree, immersive videos. This encouraged students to engage in questions of who can participate in science. |
Human Science | Physiological Adaptations
Dr. Jason Tilan | Pre-Health students examined the role of social diversity in creating or exacerbating conditions that led to the physiological adaptations under study, thus expanding their definitions of ‘scientific explanations’ for phenomena. |
Mathematics & Statistics | Introduction to Mathematical Statistics Dr. Nicole Meyer | Students assessed and critiqued the myriad ways in which statistics are used to describe difference both between and within groups of people, using historical illustrations of the impact of statistics on justice and equity. |
Biology | Biology Pedagogy
Dr. Youngeun (Kaitlyn) Choi | Course was meant for students who would teach as undergraduate teaching assistants for the first time. Students were asked to devise active learning tools to explain foundational concepts in Biology, and examined issues at the interface between science and society. |
Biology | Science Pedagogy: Principles and Practices
Dr. Kasey Christopher. | Course is part of the RISE and Teach Program, where seniors learn about science pedagogy, and in partnership with local DC schools, serve as teaching assistants in STEM classrooms in the district. Dr. Christopher redesigned the pedagogy reading list and course to focus on inclusive pedagogy in STEM education. |