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Direct linkUchenna, Emenaha – American Biology Teacher, 2022
High school students are very seldomly, if at all, taught that race is a social rather than biological construct, and this pedagogical omission has led to biological essentialism. Biological essentialism is the belief that race can be used in predictable ways to determine intellect and/or behavior. Biological essentialism can result in the belief…
Descriptors: Biology, Science Instruction, Race, Stereotypes
