In response to the School of Life Sciences Inclusive Teaching Fellowship (funded by ASU's HHMI's Inclusive Excellence grant), Dr. Danny Jackson and colleagues revised ASU's online Animal Behavior class to expand the representation of marginalized perspectives in the curriculum focusing on topics related to sex, gender, and sexuality.
Katey co-led the assessment of the revision, which revealed that LGBTQ+ students entered the course with a better understanding of many animal behavior concepts that are influenced by cultural biases associated with sex, gender, and sexuality. However, LGBTQ+
students who took the course with the BPAs demonstrated a greater sense of belonging in biology at the end of the term compared with LGBTQ+ students in the course without BPAs.
The study also shows that religious students demonstrated improved comprehension of many concepts related to sex, gender, and sexuality after taking the course with BPAs, with no negative impacts on their sense of belonging.
Read it here! “Broadening Perspectives Activities” Improve LGBTQ+ Student Experiences and Religious Students’ Content Comprehension
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