The multicontext path to redefining how we access and think about diversity, equity, and inclusion in STEM
The multicontext path to redefining how we access and think about diversity, equity, and inclusion in STEM
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重新定义我们如何获取和思考 STEM 多样性、公平性和包容性的多情境路径
DOI：
10.1080/10899995.2019.1620527
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发表时间：
2019
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通讯作者：
Machienvee V. Lammey
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作者：
G. Weissmann;R. Ibarra;Michael Howland;Machienvee V. Lammey
摘要 地球科学和大多数 STEM 领域的性别、民族和种族多样性较差，这表明当前促进包容性和公平的方法并不完善。美国盛行的学术文化倾向于重视“低情境”的学习方法，例如鼓励个性化工作、遵守严格的时间安排、支持分区和线性学习等价值观。然而，许多女性和少数族裔学生来自“高语境”文化背景。他们发现集体工作、时间灵活性以及非线性和情境学习对他们的学术经历至关重要。在本文中，我们建议需要改变学术文化，以进一步促进更多女性和代表性不足的少数族裔以及许多倾向于高背景学习方法的男性的包容。通过应用多情境理论和情境多样性概念，我们建议可以拓宽学术文化，以重视全方位的情境导向，而地球科学等学术界可以开发基于所有学生不同文化优势的方法并创造环境。我们认为，这种学术文化变革的策略将扩大这一领域，并导致学术界更广泛的性别、民族和种族多样性。
Abstract Poor gender, ethnic, and racial diversity in the geosciences and most of STEM indicates that current approaches to facilitating inclusion and equity are not complete. The prevailing academic culture in the United States tends to value “low-context” approaches to learning, such as encouraging individuated work, adhering to strict time schedules, and subscription to compartmentalized and linear learning, among other values. Yet, many women and minority students come from “high-context” cultural backgrounds. They find communal work, flexibility in time, and nonlinear and contexted learning to be salient to their academic experience. In this article, we suggest that a shift in the academic culture is needed to further advance the inclusion of more women and underrepresented minorities, as well as many majority males who have tendencies toward high-context approaches to learning. Through the application of multicontext theory and context diversity concepts, we propose that academic culture can be broadened to value the full spectrum of context orientation, and academic communities like the geosciences can develop approaches and create environments that build on the different cultural strengths of all students. We posit that this strategy of academic culture change will grow the field and lead toward broader gender, ethnic, and racial diversity in academia.
影响因子：
7.6
作者：
STEELE, CM;ARONSON, J
通讯作者：
ARONSON, J