This review article provides an overview of research on the topic of gender equity in educational physics labs. As many institutions and instructors seek to evolve or transform physics lab learning, it is important that changes are made that improve equity for all students along multiple axes of identity, including gender. The studies highlighted in this review article describe the existence of complex gender-based differences, e.g., in opportunities to tinker with lab equipment, as well as differences in grades, conceptual understanding, and motivational outcomes across a broad range of lab curricula and contexts. The studies also illustrate and explore social interactions and structures that can impact students' experiences based on their gender identities. Although there has been less scholarship focused on proposals to reduce gender-based inequities in labs, this review article also provides an overview of some relevant proposals as well as associated research results. This overview of research on gender equity in physics labs helps to make clear that future scholarship on equity in physics labs should adopt gender frameworks that allow researchers to transcend binary gender identities and student deficit framing of research results. Likewise, a case is made that future research is needed on equity along other axes of identity, as well as research that accounts for intersectionality of different identities, in the physics lab context.
Memorial University of Newfoundland, Grenfell Campus(纪念大学格伦费尔校区);University of Regina(里贾纳大学);University of Manitoba(曼尼托巴大学);Ronin Institute(龙星学院);University of Toronto(多伦多大学)
Diversity, Equity and Inclusivity in the Australian and New Zealand Medical Physics Workforce
Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital(皇家布里斯班与妇女医院);Australasian College of Physical Scientists and Engineers in Medicine(澳大拉西亚物理科学与医学工程师学院);University of Queensland(昆士兰大学);Queensland University of Technology(昆士兰科技大学);St Andrews War Memorial Hospital(圣安德鲁斯战争纪念医院);Auckland District Health Board(奥克兰地区卫生委员会);University of Sydney(悉尼大学)