Broadening Participation in the Sciences within and from Africa: Purpose, Challenges, and Prospects
Broadening Participation in the Sciences within and from Africa: Purpose, Challenges, and Prospects
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DOI：
10.1187/cbe.15-12-0265
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发表时间：
2017-06-01
影响因子：
3.7
通讯作者：
Osoniyi, Omolaja R.
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作者：
Okeke, Iruka N.;Babalola, Chinedum P.;Osoniyi, Omolaja R.
非洲的许多挑战都有科学解决办法，但非洲大陆人均从事科学活动的人数比其他任何大陆都少。只有少数非洲科学家能够充分利用他们的技能，或者是他们所在学科的领导者。非洲人在科学实践、讨论和决策中的代表性不足，减少了对世界各地难题的知识贡献。本文概述了撒哈拉以南非洲教师学者所面临的挑战，因为我们建立科学的专业知识。在非洲各地，获得高等科学教育的机会很难，而且不均衡，现有培训的质量从一流到不足不等。需要增加接受科学高等教育的机会，特别是对女生、第一代识字者和农村人口而言。我们提出了涉及非洲以外和/或学术界以外的利益攸关方的合作倡议，这些倡议可以扩大非洲学生的教育机会，并增加非洲的专业知识在全球范围内提供的机会。
Many of Africa's challenges have scientific solutions, but there are fewer individuals engaged in scientific activity per capita on this continent than on any other. Only a handful of African scientists use their skills to capacity or are leaders in their disciplines. Underrepresentation of Africans in scientific practice, discourse, and decision making reduces the richness of intellectual contributions toward hard problems worldwide. This essay outlines challenges faced by teacher-scholars from sub-Saharan Africa as we build scientific expertise. Access to tertiary-level science is difficult and uneven across Africa, and the quality of training available varies from top-range to inadequate. Access to science higher education needs to increase, particularly for female students, first-generation literates, and rural populations. We make suggestions for collaborative initiatives involving stakeholders outside Africa and/or outside academia that could extend educational opportunities available to African students and increase the chance that Africa-based expertise is globally available.