Anti-Blackness is a form of racism that devalues Black life and systematically marginalize Black people. Structural racism and Anti-Blackness are deeply entrenched in the very fabric of America. For much of the nation's history, racial discrimination and oppression were legalized and socially accepted. Too often Black people and in particular,…

Developing students' interest in STEM careers in STEM education is important. This study explored the impacts of STEM instruction involving scientists or engineers on 224 Hong Kong students' interests in STEM careers and their stereotypes about STEM professionals. The teachers who participated in professional development, namely "School-STEM…

School textbooks are media of communicating a large amount of knowledge and teachers rely their teaching practices and schedule their instructions upon them. Except for knowledge on school subjects, textbooks also promote various ideological messages, including gender representations. This study explores gender representations in the Greek primary…

The objective of this study is to explore the stereotypes that students have about agribusiness students. We seek to determine the nature of these stereotypes and how they compare relative to marketing and accounting students. Our intent is to reveal the degree of fit of the agribusiness major within a college of business, as personality…

While considerable research has examined gender development in middle childhood, little longitudinal work has been conducted at this time to indicate whether, for example, youth who show more or less gender conformity at one point continue to do so later. The present study investigated the consistency of gender identity and preferences for…

Background/Context: Black people continue to be popularly imagined as lacking humanity and, as such, are often the disproportionate subjects of unceasing racegender terror and state violence. A vast body of scholarship has documented the failure of schools to adequately serve Black youth in general, and Black boys and men in particular. There is…

Students' social belonging in introductory science, technology, engineering, and mathematics courses has repeatedly been shown to be an important influence on students' outcomes in these courses. Previous studies have further identified students' sense of belonging and belonging uncertainty as related but unique components of their broader social…

Directors of color at college counseling centers face many challenges. In this article, three directors of color will describe the issues they face on a daily basis working in predominantly white institutions to illustrate how racial identities intersect with leadership. Included among the dynamics explored are the external pressures of…

International students pursuing higher education in the United States are faced with a multiplicity of challenges such as relocating to a new country, navigating an unfamiliar educational system, overcoming negative stereotypes associated with being an international student, and, in some instances, learning a foreign language. Despite such…

Dual-career hiring is crucial to cultivating gender equity in the professoriate. Women are more likely than men to be in an academic couple, therefore institutions that do not use dual-career hiring systematically disadvantage women in faculty hiring. Yet, institutional resistance to dual-career hiring is not the only obstacle hindering women in…

This article discusses the urgent issues and concerns about anti-Asian racism in our society and provides several pedagogical strategies to counter anti-Asian racism. We begin by discussing the history and context of anti-Asian racism in the US, from which we trace the historical origins and contexts of anti-Asian racism, violence, and stereotypes…

Objective: To describe whether there are stereotypes towards older adults by the group of teachers in initial training. Method: The approach was quantitative and not probabilistic through a statistical study with university students preparing to become primary school teachers in the Spanish education system. This training profile includes adult…

This study examined factors contributing to the underrepresentation of Black students in STEM majors and fields. The author used social cognitive career theory to explore the factors that most influence the majority of Black students' algebra test scores and the potential relationship between those scores and a student's intent to pursue a college…

Textbooks are an important aspect of formal education, and education and gender-related research clearly demonstrates that "within schools, textbooks play a significant role in the gender socialization of children" (Lee & Collins, 2010, p. 121). The goal of the current study is to look at textbooks that are used in Saudi social…

This research explores the role of stereotype threat on Black and Latinx students' experiences in science and engineering (S&E) bachelor's degree programs. Stereotype threat contributes to Black and Latinx students' reduced academic focus in undergraduate S&E academic environments. This study shows the importance of examining stereotype…