Academics handed £250,000 to 'decolonise' maths, science and geography lessons
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Academics handed £250,000 to 'decolonise' maths, science and geography lessons.
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Academics at two major British universities have been handed thousands to try to "decolonise" science, geography and maths lessons.
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The project, which is set to run for two years, will look at stamping out "scientific and environmental racism" in secondary schools.Researchers at Cambridge and Stirling universities, who are behind the project, claim certain subjects have "particular colonial entanglements and legacies' resulting in 'biases, inequalities and injustice".They go on to say teachers must challenge this in order to promote "equity, inclusion and anti-racism" in lessons.
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TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say According to the research brief, teachers in science, technology, engineering and maths (Stem) and geography are being encouraged to come forward and share with academics their experience.Researchers want to talk to those who "have already been attempting" to engage in "decolonial and anti-racist work".Its abstract reads: "This project will bring together Stem and geography...
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