让它正确:教学本科生生物学,以破坏种族本质主义
Elaine Guevara1, Shyamalika Gopalan1, Dashiell J Massey1
1Department of Evolutionary Anthropology, Duke University, Durham, NC 27713, United States.
Biology methods & protocols
|November 29, 2023
概括
人类遗传学教学影响社会公平. 传统的孟德尔遗传学可以增加种族本质主义,但以人类变异为重点的最新课程可以对抗这一点,减少种族主义和错误信息.
科学领域:
- 遗传学教育 遗传学教育
- 社会公平 社会公平 社会公平
- 反种族主义的反种族主义.
背景情况:
- 人类遗传学的教学可以加强或减少学生的种族本质主义观点.
- 当前的生物学课程,特别是孟德尔模型和相关语言,可能无意中促进种族本质主义和反对公平.
- 低基因素养使种族主义错误信息的传播和基因组学研究的挪用成为可能.
研究的目的:
- 分析人类遗传学教育对学生种族本质主义和社会平等观点的影响.
- 为本科人体遗传学教育制定和介绍一个框架和教材.
- 为教师提供基于证据的工具,以打击科学种族主义和错误信息.
主要方法:
- 描述了一个教学人类遗传学,进化史和表型变异的框架.
- 包括本科生生物学和人类学课程的教学材料示例.
- 专注于关于人类遗传变异和多因素特征的最新信息.
主要成果:
- 传统的孟德尔遗传学教学,尤其是具有种族偏见的语言,可以增加种族本质主义.
- 关于人类遗传变异和复杂特征遗传的地理分布的教学减少了种族本质主义.
- 遗传学课程被认为是打击科学种族主义和错误信息的关键工具.
结论:
- 人类遗传学的教学方法显著影响社会公平,并打击种族本质主义.
- 更新的遗传学课程可以有效地减少学生对种族本质主义的认可.
- 为本科教师提供灵活的,以证据为基础的框架,教导现代人类遗传学和打击科学种族主义.
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