Hello All,
This has been an incredibly interesting dialogue and I hope that it
will continue on EdEquity after the completion of this panel. Clearly
the issues raised are global, and we need to link educators,
researchers, families, students, busnesses....everyone committed to
improving education--for math and science, for females, for males...
A number of you have mentioned middle school years as critical. You
might be interested in our online course, "Engaging Middle School
Girls in Math and Science," which explores ways to create classroom
environments that are supportive of girls' success in math and
science. The course pays particular attention to diversity, helping
educators in formal and informal settings examine beliefs, behaviors,
and experiences related to gender, race, ethnicity, disability,
socioeconomic status. Building on what teachers already know about
good instructional practice, this course attends to the unique social
and academic needs of girls and builds on the premise that maths and
science represent useful skills and approaches to address life
experiences--regardless of whether they lead to careers in these
fields.
As part of the course, participants work as peers within a community
of learners to: explore the out-of-awareness biases into which we are
socialized and that permeate instructional practice; examine hidden
gender-based assumptions in the math and science curriculum; examine
good instructional practice that attends to the unique needs of
students; explore resources and tools that allow teachers to be more
inclusive in their representation of effective math, science, and
technology practices; and learn how to build family and community
support that values girls' successes in math, science, and technology.
We are now offering the course online and it will again be offered in
February. In addition, several of our collaborating partner
organizations will also offer the course. For example the Eisenhower
National Clearinghouse will also offer the course, perhaps in March.
Our hope is that we can use this course as a springboard to an ongoing
leadership for gender equity in math and science network, linking
practitioners and researchers who participate in the course and then
continue the dialogue via a listserv.
We are also in the preliminary stages of looking for funding to
develop a similar course for primary/elementary school and for
secondary school. We'll let you know more about these as they
develop.
In the meantime, check out our website for information on the course
and the schedule
<http://www.edc.org/womensequity> or contact us at weeactr@edc.org or
1-800-225-3088.
Katherine Hanson
Sr. Project Director
WEEA Equity Resource Center
Education Development Center, Inc
55 Chapel Street,
Newton, MA 02458
weeactr@edc.org
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