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Written by Amy Diehl, Ph.D. on 2025-01-15 at 14:47

Study of 257 young children finds when they were shown pictures of adults and asked who knows more about science & from whom they would want to learn, they overwhelmingly chose the adult who had their same gender.

https://www.uoflnews.com/section/science-and-tech/uofl-research-shows-girls-shifting-views-on-women-in-science/

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Written by MoiraEve on 2025-01-15 at 15:15

@amydiehl Gender bias starts young. However, this does show why we need to encourage male teachers (and pay ALL teachers a fair and living wage) in the lower grade classrooms. Male teachers can be enormously valuable in reaching children to provide positive models for teaching and learning.

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Written by Amy Diehl, Ph.D. on 2025-01-15 at 18:34

@MoiraEve yes!

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