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CyberScience- Infusing Gender and Disability into Sci-HighEd
Funding provided Women's Educational Equity Act, U.S. Department of Education PR Award # S083B000003
Disabled Women's Alliance/ San Francisco Women's Centers, Inc.PO Box 6008, Albany, CA 94706 USA 510-528-2206 [email protected]://www.disabilityhistory.org/edge
Self-paced, self-directed lessons
Two lessons will be in the sciences & two in the humanities. The science lessons are Physics and Biology but are hyperlinked to relevant humanities information.
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Accessible anywhere, anytime
Web-based lessons with minimal off-site links, self-testing and pre/post measures.
Teachers guide will be available in May
CDs made available for off line access
Anything visual is audio described or
tagged with alternative descriptors, anything audio is provided in
text also
EDGE-web lessons
To achieve project goals the internet is the venue for learning.
Participatory methodology was used to develop the lesson plans and student and adult focus group participants will assess and advise about refinements.
Physics lesson will look at force, energy, gravity and torque. Using wheelchairs and men and women wheelchair users, students can design a chair and test its advantages and disadvantages. Students will also meet two wheelchair designers- one man and one woman, and be introduced to two athletes who became disabled and now use wheelchairs.
Human Biology-Nervous System
Lumbar, Thoracic and Cervical spinal cord injuries impact people differently. Two men and two women with spinal cord injuries are profiled, including two wheelchair designers and two former athletes.
Gender and disability factors are discussed in each section.
Injury Impact
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Christopher Reeves
Sang Lan
Ralf Hotchkiss
Marilyn Hamilton
Human Biology- Genetics
Sex linked “disorders” Dominant and
recessive characteristics
Prenatal testing New reproductive
technologies Human Genome
Gender differences and inheritable characteristics will be explored.
Social issues of raising disabled children, or parenting by disabled adults will be explored.
Careers in Sciences and Technology
Dr. Michael Ain, Orthopedist of short stature
Dr. Cynthia Dusel-BaconGeologist, mauled by bear in Alaska, lost both arms, uses foot and mouth activated computer
Intersections for lessons
1. Students with disabilities are facilitated in learning science material
2. Gender and disability are considered within the context of sciences
3. Careers in sciences and technology are pursued and investigated
Teachers and students may test the site on line during research phase (until May 2001)
Teachers and students may use the site during evaluation phase (June-September)
Input, comments and suggestions welcome- [email protected] or [email protected]
Http://www.disabilityhistory.org