Are We Treating Science and Scientists Fairly?.

Harrison, Lyn; Matthews, Brian

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ERIC Number: EJ565638

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1998

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Are We Treating Science and Scientists Fairly?

Harrison, Lyn; Matthews, Brian

Primary Science Review, n51 p22-25 Jan-Feb 1998

Discusses attempts to correct perceptions of scientists and science among fourth-grade students. Efforts to advance the view that girls and people from various ethnic backgrounds could become scientists met with some success. After they were presented with information on a range of scientists, students drew pictures of scientists that were more realistic than earlier perceptions. (PVD)

Descriptors: Black Achievement, Childrens Art, Consciousness Raising, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Freehand Drawing, Science Education, Scientists, Stereotypes, Student Attitudes, Teaching Methods

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom (Great Britain)

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