Department of Education, Tufts University, Medford, MA 02155.
CBE Life Sci Educ. 2021 Mar;20(1):fe2. doi: 10.1187/cbe.20-12-0291.
Inspired by the biology education research community's collective reading of Kendi's , I draw together recent articles related to "achievement gaps"-a construct identified by Kendi as perpetuating racist ideas. At the same time, I recognize that, for many in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education, the notion that achievement gaps exist is evidence of a problem that motivates reform. My hope is that this small collection of recent work can stimulate critical reflection on what we mean by "achievement" in STEM, how we can understand the causes of "gaps," and what we might consider to be productive steps toward racial equity and justice.
受生物学教育研究界集体阅读 Kendi 著作的启发，我汇集了近期与“成绩差距”相关的文章——Kendi 认为这一概念使种族主义思想永久化。同时，我也认识到，对于许多从事科学、技术、工程和数学（STEM）教育的人来说，存在成绩差距的观点表明存在一个需要改革的问题。我希望这篇近期工作的小集合可以激发对我们在 STEM 中对“成就”的含义、我们如何理解“差距”的原因以及我们可能认为朝着种族平等和正义迈出的富有成效的步骤进行批判性思考。
