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- Cognitive bias > races are biological subdivisions of human species > people
believes social inequalities between races
are unchangeable.
- Natural kind thinking vs. entitative thinking
- Teacher should expect that there will be
racial bias and misunderstanding because
of the essentialists belief without
increasing prejudice.
COMMENT
Science educators need to appeal to the
authority of science in their teaching about race.
SMK can help teachers navigate the difficult
environment in discussing race.
The knowledge outline can help science
educators accomplish the race-specific goal.
Teaching about the cultural prejudice in scientific
research on criminality and intelligence need to
be done.
CONCLUSION
This 4 components of SMK can
transformed into PCK.
Race should be directly discuss in the
class as a topic of biology textbooks.
It provides a necessary foundation
for beginning this important task.