Stereotypical imagery of scientists is detrimental to effective and inclusive science education. Many elementary pre-services teachers often hold onto these images, creating an unconscious bias limiting their effectiveness to both teach science content and discourage some groups from entering the scientific field. Proactive and targeted…

This study used the Draw-A-Scientist Test Checklist (DAST-C) to analyze and assess how scientists are portrayed in the illustrations found within two different prominent science textbook series used in Texas. Researchers reviewed 18 Kindergarten through eighth grade science textbooks in which 415 pages (N=8543 total), included images depicting…