Teaching Human Variation: Can Education Change Students’ Attitudes Towards ‘Race’?
Teaching Human Variation: Can Education Change Students’ Attitudes Towards ‘Race’?
Author(s): Tracey A. Wilkinson, Goran Štrkalj, Victoria E. GibbonSubject(s): Anthropology
Published by: Етнографски институт САНУ
Keywords: race; education; attitudes; human variation
Summary/Abstract: This paper examines the influence of education on students’ attitudes towards the race concept. A questionnaire was distributed before and after a short teaching module on human variation. A significant shift in student position from undecided and racial towards non-racial was observed, thus confirming the importance of scientific education in shaping students’ opinions.
Journal: Гласник Етнографског института САНУ
- Issue Year: LV/2007
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 253-258
- Page Count: 6
- Language: English