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Diversifying the geosciences in higher education: a manifesto for change

2022

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OS Lab

There is still a significant lack of diversity and equity in geoscience education, even after decades of work and widespread calls for improvement and action. We join fellow community voices in calls for improved diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice in the geosciences. Here, in this manifesto, we present a list of opportunities for educators to bring about this cultural shift within higher education: (1) advocating for institutional change, (2) incorporating diverse perspectives and authors in curricula, (3) teaching historical and socio-political contexts of geoscience information, (4) connecting geoscience principles to more geographically diverse locations, (5) implementing different communication styles that consider different ways of knowing and learning, and (6) empowering learner transformation and agency.

Author(s): Caitlyn A. Hall, and Sam Illingworth, and Solmaz Mohadjer, and Mathew Koll Roxy, and Craig Poku, and Frederick Otu-Larbi, and Darryl Reano, and Mara Freilich, and Maria-Luisa Veisaga, and Miguel Valencia, and Joey Morales
Journal: Geoscience Communication
Volume: 5
Number (issue): 5
Pages: 275–280
Year: 2022
Department(s): Optics and Sensing Laboratory
Bibtex Type: Article (article)
Paper Type: Journal
DOI: 10.5194/gc-5-275-2022
State: Published
URL: https://gc.copernicus.org/articles/5/275/2022/

BibTex 

@article{Mohadjer22-GC-Diversifying,
  title = {Diversifying the geosciences in higher education: a manifesto for change},
  author = {Hall, Caitlyn A. and Illingworth, Sam and Mohadjer, Solmaz and Roxy, Mathew Koll and Poku, Craig and Otu-Larbi, Frederick and Reano, Darryl and Freilich, Mara and Veisaga, Maria-Luisa and Valencia, Miguel and Morales, Joey},
  journal = {Geoscience Communication},
  volume = {5},
  number = {5},
  pages = {275–280},
  year = {2022},
  doi = {10.5194/gc-5-275-2022},
  url = {https://gc.copernicus.org/articles/5/275/2022/}
}