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Scientist Spotlights: Online assignments to promote inclusion in Ecology and Evolution
Scientific disciplines face large diversity challenges, with the fields of ecology and evolution being among the most homogeneous—specifically with respect to race and ethnicity. These problems have been recently compounded by large‐scale racial unrest, highlighting some of the underlying disparitie...
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2020
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7679542/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33250985 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.6849 |
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author | Brandt, Samantha Cotner, Sehoya Koth, Zoe McGaugh, Suzanne |
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description | Scientific disciplines face large diversity challenges, with the fields of ecology and evolution being among the most homogeneous—specifically with respect to race and ethnicity. These problems have been recently compounded by large‐scale racial unrest, highlighting some of the underlying disparities that have led to these diversity challenges, and a global pandemic, which, by moving instruction online, has created new challenges for inclusive teaching. Among the inclusive‐teaching techniques that can be implemented during remote instruction are Scientist Spotlights—role‐model interventions that use available online materials to highlight the work of scientists representing multiple axes of diversity. We report here on the implementation of Scientist Spotlights in two courses, both of which emphasize ecology and evolution. We conclude with sample resources and suggestions for adopters. |
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spelling | pubmed-76795422020-11-27 Scientist Spotlights: Online assignments to promote inclusion in Ecology and Evolution Brandt, Samantha Cotner, Sehoya Koth, Zoe McGaugh, Suzanne Ecol Evol Academic Practice in Ecology and Evolution Scientific disciplines face large diversity challenges, with the fields of ecology and evolution being among the most homogeneous—specifically with respect to race and ethnicity. These problems have been recently compounded by large‐scale racial unrest, highlighting some of the underlying disparities that have led to these diversity challenges, and a global pandemic, which, by moving instruction online, has created new challenges for inclusive teaching. Among the inclusive‐teaching techniques that can be implemented during remote instruction are Scientist Spotlights—role‐model interventions that use available online materials to highlight the work of scientists representing multiple axes of diversity. We report here on the implementation of Scientist Spotlights in two courses, both of which emphasize ecology and evolution. We conclude with sample resources and suggestions for adopters. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2020-10-08 /pmc/articles/PMC7679542/ /pubmed/33250985 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.6849 Text en © 2020 The Authors. Ecology and Evolution published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Academic Practice in Ecology and Evolution Brandt, Samantha Cotner, Sehoya Koth, Zoe McGaugh, Suzanne Scientist Spotlights: Online assignments to promote inclusion in Ecology and Evolution |
title | Scientist Spotlights: Online assignments to promote inclusion in Ecology and Evolution |
title_full | Scientist Spotlights: Online assignments to promote inclusion in Ecology and Evolution |
title_fullStr | Scientist Spotlights: Online assignments to promote inclusion in Ecology and Evolution |
title_full_unstemmed | Scientist Spotlights: Online assignments to promote inclusion in Ecology and Evolution |
title_short | Scientist Spotlights: Online assignments to promote inclusion in Ecology and Evolution |
title_sort | scientist spotlights: online assignments to promote inclusion in ecology and evolution |
topic | Academic Practice in Ecology and Evolution |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7679542/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33250985 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.6849 |
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