Library Class and Subject Guides: CETL Socially Just Classroom Fellowship: But I Teach Math/Science!

Subject-Focused Teaching Options

As members of the cohort started researching what was happening on campus, we heard a lot of people saying that social justice isn't important for teaching math/science. We also heard from math/science people that they care, but weren't always sure where to start. To help with this, we've provided some resources that show how math/science instructors - and students - do need this, and how to incorporate it.

Decolonising Science Reading List It’s The End of Science As You Know It
compiled by Dr. Chanda Prescod-Weinstein, assistant professor of Physics at the University of New Hampshire
Decolonizing Technology reading list
"While many technical innovations are asserted as universally positive and beneficial to communities worldwide, beyond borders and across cultures, a closer analysis of who holds the power, who has agency, and whose interests are promoted, can often reveal a very different picture."
Abolition Science Radio
Abolition Science Radio is a podcast series exploring science and math from an anticolonial stance. Episodes include discussion of rehumanizing mathematics, DNA, AI, critical numerancy, and more.
Facilitating Science and Mathematics Teachers' Talk About Equity: What Are the Strengths and Limitations of Four Strategies for Professional Learning?
"We found that, despite teachers' construction of a shared equity discourse and the iterative implementation of professional learning strategies, the type of strategy implemented did indeed matter. Although all four strategies [studied] provided teachers similar opportunities to discuss equity, some strategies were more effective than others in facilitating equity conversations."
It takes a village: supporting inquiry- and equity oriented computer science pedagogy through a professional learning community
" This article describes the importance that high school computer science teachers place on a teachers' professional learning community designed around an inquiry- and equity-oriented approach for broadening participation in computing."
Professional development for teachers on gender equity in the sciences
"Our results indicate that most gender equity professional development in STEM lacks essential elements to effectively promote and implement gender equity in the classroom."
Anti-racist interventions to transform ecology, evolution and conservation biology departments.
The authors "summarize EECB’s racist and ethnocentric histories, as well as current systemic problems that marginalize non-white groups. Finally, we present ways that EECB departments can collectively address shortcomings in equity and inclusion by implementing anti-racism, and provide a positive model for other departments and disciplines"