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Female Researcher: We Must Make STEM Courses ‘Less Competitive’ to Be More ‘Inclusive’ of Women
National Review ^ | March 22, 2016 | Katherine Timpf

Posted on 03/23/2016 7:01:02 AM PDT by C19fan

A doctoral candidate at the University of North Dakota published a paper suggesting that we should make Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) courses more “inclusive” of women by making then “less competitive,” which is about the most sexist thing I’ve ever heard. “There is an opportunity for STEM courses to reduce the perception of courses as difficult and unfriendly through language use in the syllabi, and also as a guide for how to use less competitive teaching methods and grading profiles that could improve the experience of female students,” Laura Parson wrote in the paper.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: coeds; gender; idemandadoover; leftismoncampus; math; pc; quotas; science; stem; uofnorthdakota
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To: C19fan

So my Science Major daughter busting her butt making A’s shouldn’t bother now? Guess a Masters won’t mean much if you’re female. Idiocy


21 posted on 03/23/2016 7:18:32 AM PDT by poobear (Socialism in the minds of the elites is a con-game for the serfs, nothing more.)
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To: DoodleDawg
Funny, when I was in college, the toilets in the Engineering Hall all had little chalk boards in them. I guess if you were going to sit there for awhile, you might as well ponder some equations.

Probably not so much at the urinals.

-PJ

22 posted on 03/23/2016 7:20:16 AM PDT by Political Junkie Too (If you are the Posterity of We the People, then you are a Natural Born Citizen.)
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To: C19fan

Getting the right answer should not be the goal. What is really important is how you feel about it and if it boosted your self esteem. Jeez, you math geeks just don’t get it.


23 posted on 03/23/2016 7:20:32 AM PDT by centurion316
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To: Steely Tom

I saw a meme of a cute college girl up at a blackboard doing what looked like Algebra. The young lady had her arms down and her head was pressed against the blackboard.

The caption read (to the effect) - this math stuff is hard, screw it, I’m going to be a stripper.

Now I am not saying that women can’t do math but the meme does point out a difference between the male and female. Females can and sometimes do follow other directions that are less demanding and/or competitive. That is because the “market” allows them that option. Males do not have such options available to them. Being a stay at home dad and raising the kids is still a VERY unique job for men.


24 posted on 03/23/2016 7:20:54 AM PDT by taxcontrol ( The GOPe treats the conservative base like slaves by taking their votes and refuses to pay)
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To: C19fan

Basic understanding of economics has already been eliminated, for both boys and girls. Might as well eliminate the underlying concepts of arithmetic as well.


25 posted on 03/23/2016 7:21:23 AM PDT by samtheman (Trump For America.)
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To: Steely Tom
"Math class is tough." - Barbie
26 posted on 03/23/2016 7:22:07 AM PDT by HangnJudge (Cthulhu for President, why vote for a lesser Evil)
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To: Brookhaven

Insisting that 1 + 1 can only equal 2 is somehow racist, sexist, bigoted, homophobic, etc. when it comes to math education.

However, try using Million Man Math or, better yet, Common Core Math to your advantage when preparing your taxes and watch what happens.


27 posted on 03/23/2016 7:22:32 AM PDT by Arm_Bears (Rope. Tree. Politician/Journalist. Some assembly required.)
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To: C19fan

It is saying very clearly that women can’t compete, and the way to make them succeed is to make it easier for them.

Now suppose a man had said that.


28 posted on 03/23/2016 7:25:02 AM PDT by I want the USA back (The further a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those who speak it. Orwell.)
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To: C19fan

Generally boys do better in STEM classes and worse in English and foreign languages. Guess which ones they keep adding to the requirements and which they try to take out? It’s part of the war on boys that has permeated our schools.

I don’t think anyone should be able to graduate with a college degree unless they understand compound interest. It will have a larger role in most peoples life than a foreign language.


29 posted on 03/23/2016 7:25:02 AM PDT by alternatives? (Cruz or Trump)
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To: C19fan

The objective is to IMPART KNOWLEDGE to most EFFECTIVELY address TECHNICAL PROBLEMS.

This isn’t about filling a chair at an engineering firm and collecting a paycheck.

You must be EQUIPPED to SOLVE THE PROBLEM!!!


30 posted on 03/23/2016 7:27:30 AM PDT by G Larry (ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS impose SLAVE WAGES on LEGAL Immigrants.)
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To: C19fan

She is the SEXIST for suggesting WOMEN CAN’T HANDLE IT!!


31 posted on 03/23/2016 7:28:53 AM PDT by G Larry (ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS impose SLAVE WAGES on LEGAL Immigrants.)
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To: C19fan

Evidently Laura Parson considers women to be inferior.


32 posted on 03/23/2016 7:29:37 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum ("If voting made any difference they wouldn't let us do it." --Samuel Clemens)
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To: C19fan

This kind of “Doctoral” thinking coming out of the North Dakota higher education system is indicative of the depths to which it has sunk. Save us all a lot of trouble and just sell lottery tickets to a Doctoral Degree, put them in a pot at what ever ration of men to women desired and then have a drawing.


33 posted on 03/23/2016 7:33:41 AM PDT by Lion Den Dan
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To: C19fan

34 posted on 03/23/2016 7:34:56 AM PDT by CodeToad (Islam should be banned and treated as a criminal enterprise!)
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To: C19fan

The fact this article was ever written says ‘education’ has already had the bar lowered.


35 posted on 03/23/2016 7:35:38 AM PDT by CodeToad (Islam should be banned and treated as a criminal enterprise!)
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To: C19fan

Whine, whine, whine. Look at me, I’m a victim! WAHHHH.

Sorry, but in my son’s graduating class there were many, many young women, but they were all Indians, Chinese, a few Russians, and assorted Asians among the few American women.

Not one of them thought they needed to be “helped” since all of them were graduates of highly competitive schools in their own countries.


36 posted on 03/23/2016 7:35:49 AM PDT by OpusatFR
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To: libertylover

“The University of North Dakota should deny her a Ph.D. until she demonstrates an ability to actually think.”

Doctorates are participation trophies. Spend enough time at a school and get one. I’ve known ebonics illiterates to get them.


37 posted on 03/23/2016 7:36:53 AM PDT by CodeToad (Islam should be banned and treated as a criminal enterprise!)
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To: C19fan

My daughter is a physics major at a well-known university.

Out of about 90 kids in the honors course, only 6 are women - and its only freshman year. They only started out with only 9 female students anyway and in fact, a much higher percentage of boys have dropped out.

The girls who remain are doing well, but there simply isn’t the interest in Physics among the female student body.


38 posted on 03/23/2016 7:37:11 AM PDT by PGR88
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To: C19fan

one of the STEM benefits is that the program is largely free of females that can’t measure up


39 posted on 03/23/2016 7:38:18 AM PDT by bert ((K.E.; N.P.; GOPc;+12, 73, ....carson is the kinder gentler trump.)
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“aura Parson is a doctoral candidate in the teaching and learning department, higher education concentration, at the University of North Dakota. She has a MEd, Adult Education concentration, and TESOL certificate from Westminster College. Her research interests focus on the experiences of women in higher education, including Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) education and post-structuralist/feminist research methods. More specifically, her dissertation is an institutional ethnography of STEM education from the standpoint of undergraduate women. Correspondence regarding this article can be addressed directly to: Laura Parson at, Laura.parson@und.edu.”

Right, an education flunky telling seriously involved STEM doctorates to make nice with the little women.

Can she get any more sexist than that?


40 posted on 03/23/2016 7:39:21 AM PDT by OpusatFR
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