“Decolonization” of the Curricula

Borovik, Alexandre

doi:10.1007/s00283-023-10269-3

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“…Thus, reinserting women into scientific history and reclaiming their knowledge and that of other traditionally excluded groups will contribute to ending the sexism, androcentrism, and colonialism that still permeate scientific knowledge. We would like to emphasize that we find it very interesting to use historical enrichment as a proposal to decolonize the curriculum [36]. But our proposal is focused on characters of the XIX and XX centuries that built the physics and mathematics that we mainly teach in university courses on physics and mathematics.…”

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Revisiting Male Allies in Mathematics and Physics Throughout History: Role Models for Men in STEM Education

Calvo-Iglesias,

Epifanio

2024

Education Sciences

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In the academic world, there are also gender inequalities, which are especially visible in certain masculinized STEM areas, such as physics and mathematics. An essential factor in correcting these inequalities is the involvement of men, who should act as “allies” in the university setting. Likewise, as the literature shows us, we must offer models with gender-incongruent roles to break down stereotypes and promote non-traditional behaviors. However, to date, these actions have been especially directed toward women, who generally do not hold power and therefore have less possibility of promoting change. For the first time, this work compiles, in a single document, important male physicists and mathematicians who acted as allies of women throughout history. These examples can be presented to provide male references in the teaching of physics and mathematics at university (and high school). With this initiative, we intend to contribute to incorporating the gender perspective in university teaching, since, in practice, university professors are unaware of references of alternative masculinities in the academic world. We hope that this article will be the seed to recover hidden male allies in these and other scientific fields. This can help break down stereotypes, and contrary to previous actions, this work is especially directed toward men.

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confidence: 99%