Thanks for this info. I'm new to the listserv, so a discussion about using the Summers situation as an opportunity to teach about gender differences, nature vs. nurture, statistics, testing, etc. has probably already been discussed. I have students read the transcript of Summers's remarks and make their own interpretation and also have them integrate this with what our text says about cogntitive gender differences as well as Spelke's (also from Harvard) recent American Psychologist article (December 2005). I also recently came across this website that has a debate between Spelke and Pinker about the same issues: http://www.edge.org/3rd_culture/debate05/debate05_index.html
Dean > The (USA) National Academies (for science, engineering, and medicine) > has just issued a report titled "Beyond Bias and Barriers: > Fulfilling the Potential of Women in Academic Science and Engineering". > > According to _The Chronicle of Higher Education_ (Sept. 19, 2006) it > concludes that > > "After an exhaustive review of the scientific literature, including > studies of brain structure and function, it could find no evidence of > "any significant biological differences between men and women in > performing science and mathematics that can account for the lower > representation of women" " > > and that "Women are underrepresented in academic leadership positions in > science and mathematics not because they are innately less capable than > are men but because of biases, discrimination, and outdated institutional > structures". > > Bold assertions. But will they settle the question? > > Stephen > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > Stephen L. Black, Ph.D. > Department of Psychology > Bishop's University e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 2600 College St. > Sherbrooke QC J1M 0C8 > Canada > > Dept web page at http://www.ubishops.ca/ccc/div/soc/psy > TIPS discussion list for psychology teachers at > http://faculty.frostburg.edu/psyc/southerly/tips/index.htm > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- --- To make changes to your subscription go to: http://acsun.frostburg.edu/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=tips&text_mode=0&lang=english
