Professional Development for University Scientists around Issues of Equity and Diversity: Investigating Dissent within Community.

Bianchini, Julie A.; Hilton-Brown, Bryan A.; Breton, Therese D.

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Publication Date: 2002

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Professional Development for University Scientists around Issues of Equity and Diversity: Investigating Dissent within Community.

Bianchini, Julie A.; Hilton-Brown, Bryan A.; Breton, Therese D.

Journal of Research in Science Teaching, v39 n8 p738-71 Oct 2002

Investigates the role of dissent in a community of university scientists, engineers, mathematicians, and social scientists engaged in a two-year professional development project on issues of equity and diversity. Focuses on professional development sessions devoted to a contentious yet integral topic in science education, the gendered and multicultural nature of science. (Contains 110 references.) (Author/YDS)

Descriptors: Faculty, Females, Feminism, Higher Education, Professional Development, Science Education, Scientific Literacy, Scientific Principles, Scientists

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Language: English

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