On faculty development of STEM inclusive teaching practices - PubMed

Review

On faculty development of STEM inclusive teaching practices

Bryan M Dewsbury. FEMS Microbiol Lett. 2017.

Abstract

Faculty development of inclusive teaching practices has become more common in response to significant differences in STEM student retention between underrepresented minorities in the USA and students from other ethnic groups. Approaches to solve this have shifted from focusing on student deficits to changing campus culture, including the mindsets of instructors who teach STEM courses. In this article, I argue that based on the literature informing the conceptual frameworks used for faculty development in inclusive teaching, faculty developers should reframe the message of their workshops to focus participants more on the scope of the journey, and shift the direction of overall efforts some to redevelop pedagogical training at the graduate and postdoc levels. Informed by historical as well as recent theories on the role of higher education to society, I highlight the areas of the literature that can effectively inform our current approaches to inclusion. I also briefly review the reasons why this approach is needed, and include suggestions for new faculty development approaches for long-term sustainable change in STEM inclusive education at the postsecondary level.

Keywords: STEM; faculty development; inclusive teaching; underrepresented students.

Similar articles

• Inclusive Teaching.

  Dewsbury B, Brame CJ. Dewsbury B, et al. CBE Life Sci Educ. 2019 Jun;18(2):fe2. doi: 10.1187/cbe.19-01-0021. CBE Life Sci Educ. 2019. PMID: 31025917 Free PMC article.

• Changing academic culture to improve undergraduate STEM education.

  Suchman EL. Suchman EL. Trends Microbiol. 2014 Dec;22(12):657-9. doi: 10.1016/j.tim.2014.09.006. Epub 2014 Oct 13. Trends Microbiol. 2014. PMID: 25449051

• A campus-wide study of STEM courses: new perspectives on teaching practices and perceptions.

  Smith MK, Vinson EL, Smith JA, Lewin JD, Stetzer MR. Smith MK, et al. CBE Life Sci Educ. 2014 Winter;13(4):624-35. doi: 10.1187/cbe.14-06-0108. CBE Life Sci Educ. 2014. PMID: 25452485 Free PMC article.

• Co-teaching in Undergraduate STEM Education: A Lever for Pedagogical Change toward Evidence-Based Teaching?

  Haag K, Pickett SB, Trujillo G, Andrews TC. Haag K, et al. CBE Life Sci Educ. 2023 Mar;22(1):es1. doi: 10.1187/cbe.22-08-0169. CBE Life Sci Educ. 2023. PMID: 36563055 Free PMC article. Review.

• A review of undergraduate research programs aimed at underrepresented students.

  Beasley HK, Vue Z, McReynolds MR, Neikirk K, Garza-Lopez E, Mungai M, Marshall AG, Shao B, Benjamin J, Wanjalla CN, Williams CR, Murray SA, Shuler HD, Kirabo A, Hinton A Jr. Beasley HK, et al. STAR Protoc. 2024 Jun 21;5(2):102997. doi: 10.1016/j.xpro.2024.102997. Epub 2024 May 13. STAR Protoc. 2024. PMID: 38748884 Free PMC article. Review.

Cited by

• Creating inclusive classrooms by engaging STEM faculty in culturally responsive teaching workshops.

  O'Leary ES, Shapiro C, Toma S, Sayson HW, Levis-Fitzgerald M, Johnson T, Sork VL. O'Leary ES, et al. Int J STEM Educ. 2020;7(1):32. doi: 10.1186/s40594-020-00230-7. Epub 2020 Jul 1. Int J STEM Educ. 2020. PMID: 32647597 Free PMC article.

• Cultivating inclusive instructional and research environments in ecology and evolutionary science.

  Emery NC, Bledsoe EK, Hasley AO, Eaton CD. Emery NC, et al. Ecol Evol. 2020 Dec 7;11(4):1480-1491. doi: 10.1002/ece3.7062. eCollection 2021 Feb. Ecol Evol. 2020. PMID: 33613983 Free PMC article.

• Recruitment process that attracts underrepresented students in graduate science and medical education programs.

  Reaves TA, Anderson-Thomas M. Reaves TA, et al. Med Educ Online. 2021 Dec;26(1):1959283. doi: 10.1080/10872981.2021.1959283. Med Educ Online. 2021. PMID: 34351830 Free PMC article.

• Student-led Recaps and Retrieval Practice: A Simple Classroom Activity Emphasizing Effective Learning Strategies.

  Stavnezer AJ, Lom B. Stavnezer AJ, et al. J Undergrad Neurosci Educ. 2019 Dec 21;18(1):A1-A14. eCollection 2019 Fall. J Undergrad Neurosci Educ. 2019. PMID: 31983897 Free PMC article.

• Accountability in promoting representation of historically marginalized racial and ethnic populations in the eating disorders field: A call to action.

  Goel NJ, Jennings Mathis K, Egbert AH, Petterway F, Breithaupt L, Eddy KT, Franko DL, Graham AK. Goel NJ, et al. Int J Eat Disord. 2022 Apr;55(4):463-469. doi: 10.1002/eat.23682. Epub 2022 Jan 29. Int J Eat Disord. 2022. PMID: 35092322 Free PMC article.

Publication types

MeSH terms

LinkOut - more resources

• Full Text Sources

  • Silverchair Information Systems

• Other Literature Sources

  • scite Smart Citations