ERIC Number: EJ1296752
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2021-Jul
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Bringing Social Justice into the Statistics Classroom
Garlington, Tamera; Ryan, Valerie M.; Nolty, Catherine; Ilagan, Hannah; Kunicki, Zachary J.
Teaching of Psychology, v48 n3 p269-274 Jul 2021
Social justice is an American Psychological Association (APA) ethical principal which is often taught in content courses (e.g. social psychology, developmental psychology, introductory psychology) but rarely covered in psychological statistics courses. This is problematic, as psychology students may assume that bias is not an issue when implementing statistical tests and interpreting their results if social justice topics are not incorporated into statistics classrooms. The current study evaluated student's attitudes toward a social justice lecture in a statistics classroom (N = 100 students). Results show students had more favorable attitudes toward social justice and agreed it was important to cover in statistics classrooms. Future research should extend this work by seeking to replicate these findings and evaluating additional pedagogical tools to incorporate social justice into the statistics classroom.
Descriptors: Social Justice, Psychology, Statistics, Student Attitudes, Course Content, Diversity, Undergraduate Students, Knowledge Level, Lecture Method, Introductory Courses
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Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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