Mary Monroe Atwater: A transformative force in science education |
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| Authors: | Eileen Carlton Parsons |
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| Institution: | (1) School of Education, UNC, 307B Peabody Hall, CB 3500, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3500, USA |
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| Abstract: | This article highlights the transformative contributions of Mary Monroe Atwater to the field of science education. Influenced
by worldviews shaped by a segregated macro-society and the privileges of a micro-society, Mary stood against oppression in
the early years of her academic career by desegregating academic settings and being the first and only African American in
varied arenas for many years. As an aspiring academic, Mary challenged dominant paradigms and as an activist academic, she
changed the landscape of science education. She broadened the knowledge base through scholarship and praxis and diversified
the science education community through personal and professional efforts that were pioneering in nature.
Eileen Carlton Parsons
is an assistant professor at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The contexts in which the science teaching and
learning of African Americans occur constitute the core of her research interests. She examines the educative process with
respect to culture and race. |
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| Keywords: | Science education Equity Diversity Oppression |
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