Beyond Gender and Race: The Representation of Concealable Identities Among College Science Instructors at Research Institutions

CBE—Life Sciences Education, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 23(2)

Опубликована: Апрель 1, 2024

Concealable stigmatized identities (CSIs) are that can be kept hidden and carry negative stereotypes. To understand the potential influence instructors have as role models, we must first explore whether they disclose those to undergraduates. We surveyed national samples of science (

Язык: Английский

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Exploring pre‐clinical medical students' perception of and participation in active learning: A mixed‐methods transnational study

Medical Education, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown

Опубликована: Фев. 5, 2025

Abstract Background Active learning is a process that promotes student engagement in constructing knowledge and conceptual understanding, improves critical thinking skills develops professional competency. In recent years there has been significant shift of emphasis higher education from passive teacher‐centred didactic teaching to active student‐led learning. Although abundant literature about learning, gap the students' perception regarding factors affect activities. This project aimed explore pre‐clinical year medical examine their participation Methods A mixed‐method study was conducted with students at Newcastle University Medical School, UK, Medicine Malaysia. total 266 participated an online survey questionnaire, 25 participating focus group discussions (FGD). Quantitative data were analysed using descriptive analysis qualitative thematic analysis. Results The majority (94.7%) recognised important for but had narrow definition what constituted, familiarity techniques lacking. Many independent centred around methods ‘active recall’, affecting utilisation mainly focused on time availability, dynamics sessions styles educators. Conclusion Students acknowledged importance are generally unfamiliar ways effectively utilise broad range strategies. demonstrated it educators understand firstly how define as well interact taught sessions, ensure they create environment where feel confident engage techniques.

Язык: Английский

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Critical, Intersectional, Quantitative Analyses of Instructional Practices and Changes in Undergraduate Students’ Math Affect

International Journal of Research in Undergraduate Mathematics Education, Год журнала: 2024, Номер unknown

Опубликована: Июнь 21, 2024

Язык: Английский

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Face negotiation in graduate school: the decision to conceal or reveal depression among life sciences Ph.D. students in the United States

International Journal of STEM Education, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 10(1)

Опубликована: Май 17, 2023

Abstract Background Depression is one of the top mental health concerns among biology graduate students and has contributed to “graduate student crisis” declared in 2018. Several prominent science outlets have called for interventions improve health, yet it unclear what extent with depression discuss their others Ph.D. programs. While sharing one’s may be an integral step seeking support during school, considered a concealable stigmatized identity (CSI) revealing could result loss status or discrimination. As such, face negotiation theory, which describes set communicative behaviors that individuals use regulate social dignity, help identify factors influence students’ decisions about whether reveal school. In this study, we interviewed 50 enrolled across 28 life sciences programs United States. We examined (1) revealed faculty advisors, students, undergraduates research lab, (2) reasons why they concealed depression, (3) consequences benefits perceive are associated depression. used hybrid approach deductive inductive coding analyze our data. Results More than half (58%) at least advisor, while 74% student. However, only 37% undergraduate researcher. Graduate peers were driven by positive mutual relationships, often based on maintaining dignity performing preventative corrective facework. Conversely, graduates performed supportive facework when interacting researchers as way destigmatize struggling health. Conclusions Life most commonly other over reported discussing advisor. reluctant share researchers. Power dynamics between peers, mentees influenced chose conceal each situation. This study provides insights into how create more inclusive where can feel comfortable

Язык: Английский

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The upside to depression: undergraduates benefit from an instructor revealing depression in a large-enrollment physiology course

AJP Advances in Physiology Education, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 48(4), С. 884 - 897

Опубликована: Окт. 25, 2024

Undergraduates with depression report that they would benefit from science role models who also have depression. If biology instructors reveal it to their students, could help meet this need. However, is unknown how revealing impact all undergraduate not just those depression, and whether cause some students a negative perception of the instructor. To address gap, an instructor physiology course revealed her whole class in less than 3 s on two occasions. were surveyed about remembered perceived be appropriate, what had them. Of 289 undergraduates participated survey, 90.6% Seventy-two percent reported positive them, 21.3% no impact, 6.7% impact. Women disproportionately likely student/instructor relationship instructor's approachability. LGBTQ+ extent classroom feels inclusive more severe depressive symptoms normalized broadly context science. This work adds recent studies highlighting potentially concealable stigmatized identities class.

Язык: Английский

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Women drive efforts to highlight concealable stigmatized identities in U.S. academic science and engineering

PLoS ONE, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 18(7), С. e0287795 - e0287795

Опубликована: Июль 19, 2023

Concealable stigmatized identities (CSIs) are hidden that carry negative stereotypes and can result in a loss of social status if revealed. Instructors often choose to conceal these CSIs due anticipated student reactions, yet revealing have positive impact on undergraduates. Women generally more likely reveal personal aspects about themselves situations, but may face greater consequences for identity students given their already marginalized position academic science engineering. Therefore, this study, we were interested understanding what extent there differences between men women engineering instructors (i) the representation CSIs, (ii) decisions undergraduates classes, (iii) perceived stigma CSIs. Based national survey over 2,000 from very high research activity doctoral institutions, found than report having depression, anxiety, or disability. Of who held had 1.5x higher odds some compared no associated with all Despite perceiving concealable identities, college students, leading way diverse inclusive scientific community by demonstrating as role models identities.

Язык: Английский

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Confronting the Legacy of Eugenics and Ableism: Towards Anti-Ableist Bioscience Education

CBE—Life Sciences Education, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 23(3)

Опубликована: Июль 29, 2024

Society and education are inherently ableist. Disabled people routinely excluded from education, or have poorer outcomes within educational systems. Improving experiences for of color has required educators to design antiracist curricula that explicitly address racial inequality. Here, we explore parallel antiableist approaches bioscience in an essay coauthored by a disabled student able-bodied faculty member bioscience. Our work is underpinned Critical Disability Theory draws on disability pedagogical scholarship as well our own experiences. The biosciences unique need confront its history the discredited pseudoscience eugenics, which led discrimination human rights abuses against people. We provide brief relationship between biological sciences research eugenics how this legacy impacts today. then present recommended structure biology education. approach goes beyond providing access, model educates all students about issues empowers them challenge ableist narratives practices.

Язык: Английский

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Empowering Disabled Voices: A Practical Guide for Methodological Shifts in Biology Education Research

CBE—Life Sciences Education, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 23(3)

Опубликована: Авг. 22, 2024

This Research Methods Essay suggests strategies for applying DisCrit, a critical theoretical framework, in biology education research and creating Access Equity Maps as tools researchers can use to foster inclusivity the process.

Язык: Английский

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Why U.S. science and engineering undergraduates who struggle with mental health are left without role models

PLOS mental health., Год журнала: 2024, Номер 1(7), С. e0000086 - e0000086

Опубликована: Дек. 19, 2024

Depression and anxiety are among the most common mental health concerns for science engineering (S&E) undergraduates in United States (U.S.), students perceive they would benefit from knowing a S&E instructor with depression or anxiety. However, it is unknown how prevalent instructors whether disclose their to undergraduates. These identities unique because concealable stigmatized (CSIs), meaning can be kept hidden carry negative stereotypes. To address these gaps, we surveyed 2013 faculty across U.S. very high research activity doctoral-granting institutions. The survey assessed extent which had revealed undergraduates, why chose reveal conceal anxiety, benefits of revealing items were developed based on prior studies exploring individuals CSIs including conditions. Of university surveyed, 23.9% (n = 482) reported having 32.8% 661) Instructors who women, white, Millennials, LGBTQ+ more likely report than counterparts. Very few participants (5.4%) (8.3%) concealing do not typically others relevant course content. anticipated that disclosure normalize struggling provide an example someone successful S&E. Despite reporting need role models academic struggle depression/anxiety being relatively instructors, our study found rarely

Язык: Английский

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Academic social comparison: a promising new target to reduce fear of negative evaluation in large-enrollment college science courses

International Journal of STEM Education, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 11(1)

Опубликована: Авг. 30, 2024

Fear of negative evaluation, defined as a sense dread associated with being unfavorably evaluated in social situation, is the primary factor underlying student anxiety college science courses and disproportionately experienced by students who are underserved science. Yet, it unknown why fear evaluation affects these what can be done to reduce evaluation. Academic comparison describes how perceive themselves compared their peers regard desirability groupmate, extent they fit among others major, academic talent. We hypothesize that mediates relationship between identities where individuals may "less than" peers, contributing surveyed 909 undergraduate majors across 15 research-intensive institutions United States (U.S.) assess: (1) To do predict undergraduates? (2) For significantly does mediate relationship? used regression, single-mediator models, multi-mediator models address our research questions. Women/non-binary LGBTQ + reported high men non-LGBTQ majors. also expressed lower relative respective counterparts, meaning less than which partially mediated both gender status. Major fit, was found mediating subconstruct for identities. greater majors, higher course. feel had strongest influence on sample. promising target future efforts aimed at decreasing active learning courses.

Язык: Английский

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