The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $299,762 STEM Education Postdoctoral Research Fellowship (CFDA 47.076) to the University of Washington to study the impact of "humanizing" biology content on undergraduate learning and persistence in science. The project aims to: 1) assess the extent to which national standards, initiatives, and assessments prioritize humanized biology content, 2) describe how biology instructors currently incorporate humanized content, and 3) experimentally evaluate the effects of humanized content on student learning, engagement, and intent to persist in science. The project will use culturally relevant pedagogy and expectancy violation theory to develop and evaluate humanized biology curricula. The results have the potential to transform how biology is taught to better connect science to societal issues and encourage more undergraduates, especially underrepresented minorities, to pursue and persist in STEM fields.
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