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Title IX Compliant Botany: A Culturally Responsive Curriculum
Abstract
In 1972, Congress enacted Title IX to address gender-based discrimination in Federally funded education. Over fifty years later, the number of women graduating with college degrees in plant science is now roughly equal to that of men. However, the percentage who obtain professional positions commensurate with their training after graduation is still lower. On average, those who do get jobs in science are paid less. The gender gap can be explained in part by “a lack of role models, cultures that tend to exclude women, and persistent stereotypes about women's intellectual abilities”. In its most powerful form, education makes possible liberatory learning experiences. “Overcoming sexism as a barrier to learning and including more information about women in curricular content are ways to begin to warm up the science classroom climate for women, making it more female-friendly”.
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