Culturally Relevant Data in Teaching of Statistics and Data Science Courses
AbstractIn this paper, we consider how to make data more meaningful to students through the choice of data and the activities we use them in drawing upon students lived experiences more in the teaching of statistics and data science courses. In translating scholarship around culturally relevant peda...
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| description | AbstractIn this paper, we consider how to make data more meaningful to students through the choice of data and the activities we use them in drawing upon students lived experiences more in the teaching of statistics and data science courses. In translating scholarship around culturally relevant pedagogy from the fields of education and mathematics education we develop the idea of culturally relevant data. We see this development as a key ingredient to implementing culturally relevant pedagogy in teaching data-intensive courses leveraging the centrality of context through data in both statistics and data science to engage students particularly from historically marginalized groups in STEM. We provide suggestions as to ways of finding or creating culturally relevant data and using them in implementing culturally relevant pedagogy to support the learning and flourishing of students in statistics and data science courses. We also present findings from pilot work we have done in implementing these data in statistics courses. Finally, we discuss lingering questions and possible next steps for research in this area. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e7e1ed5f7461458398d0a046d1d957be2023-08-21T19:24:12ZengTaylor & Francis GroupJournal of Statistics and Data Science Education2693-91692023-08-0113010.1080/26939169.2023.2249969Culturally Relevant Data in Teaching of Statistics and Data Science CoursesTravis Weiland0Immanuel Williams1Department of Curriculum and Instruction, University of HoustonGATO365 Learning Center and Statistics Department, California Polytechnic State University-San Luis ObispoAbstractIn this paper, we consider how to make data more meaningful to students through the choice of data and the activities we use them in drawing upon students lived experiences more in the teaching of statistics and data science courses. In translating scholarship around culturally relevant pedagogy from the fields of education and mathematics education we develop the idea of culturally relevant data. We see this development as a key ingredient to implementing culturally relevant pedagogy in teaching data-intensive courses leveraging the centrality of context through data in both statistics and data science to engage students particularly from historically marginalized groups in STEM. We provide suggestions as to ways of finding or creating culturally relevant data and using them in implementing culturally relevant pedagogy to support the learning and flourishing of students in statistics and data science courses. We also present findings from pilot work we have done in implementing these data in statistics courses. Finally, we discuss lingering questions and possible next steps for research in this area.https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/26939169.2023.2249969Statistics educationdata science educationculturally relevant pedagogyculturally responsive teaching |
| spellingShingle | Travis Weiland Immanuel Williams Culturally Relevant Data in Teaching of Statistics and Data Science Courses Journal of Statistics and Data Science Education Statistics education data science education culturally relevant pedagogy culturally responsive teaching |
| title | Culturally Relevant Data in Teaching of Statistics and Data Science Courses |
| title_full | Culturally Relevant Data in Teaching of Statistics and Data Science Courses |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Culturally Relevant Data in Teaching of Statistics and Data Science Courses |
| title_short | Culturally Relevant Data in Teaching of Statistics and Data Science Courses |
| title_sort | culturally relevant data in teaching of statistics and data science courses |
| topic | Statistics education data science education culturally relevant pedagogy culturally responsive teaching |
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