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Johnson, Angela; Ong, Maria; Ko, Lily T.; Smith, Janet; Hodari, Apriel – Physics Teacher, 2017
Women of color are deeply underrepresented in physics. Between 2002 and 2012, only 1% of graduating physics majors were Black women and another 1% were Latinas; only 61 American Indian women total completed degrees in physics in those years (out of 48,000 physics majors). This isolation can lead to additional obstacles that women of color majoring…
Descriptors: College Students, Minority Group Students, African American Students, Hispanic American Students
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Ritchie, Stephen M.; Mackay, Gail; Rigano, Donna L. – Research in Science Education, 2006
Given that the subject department is recognised by subject specialist teachers as the central and immediate unit of organization in secondary schools it is surprising that so little attention has been paid by researchers to the leadership dynamics within science departments. The leadership dynamics within the science departments of two…
Descriptors: Leadership Styles, Science Departments, Secondary Schools, Interviews