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Physics Education Research seminar - Jennifer Blue (Miami University) - "Studying the Gender in Physics Education Research: Beyond the Binary"

Jennifer Blue (Miami University) 9/26/19 Physics Education Research seminar speaker
September 26, 2019
2:00PM - 3:00PM
1136 Physics Research Building

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Add to Calendar 2019-09-26 14:00:00 2019-09-26 15:00:00 Physics Education Research seminar - Jennifer Blue (Miami University) - "Studying the Gender in Physics Education Research: Beyond the Binary" Much work in physics education research, including much of my own, has examined differences in preparation, persistence, and performance between male and female students. I now believe that there are issues with the implied theoretical framework behind this work. When we look outside of physics, we see a growing, rich literature about the non-binary nature of gender, about intersectionality, and about identity formation. With other PER colleagues, I have called on our field to expand our framework and perform richer studies (Physical Review Education Research 12, 020114, 2016). We also propose short-term strategies that all physicists can employ to make our classrooms and labs more inclusive (Physics Today, March 2018). 1136 Physics Research Building Department of Physics physics@osu.edu America/New_York public

Much work in physics education research, including much of my own, has examined differences in preparation, persistence, and performance between male and female students. I now believe that there are issues with the implied theoretical framework behind this work. When we look outside of physics, we see a growing, rich literature about the non-binary nature of gender, about intersectionality, and about identity formation. With other PER colleagues, I have called on our field to expand our framework and perform richer studies (Physical Review Education Research 12, 020114, 2016). We also propose short-term strategies that all physicists can employ to make our classrooms and labs more inclusive (Physics Today, March 2018).