Ethnic minorities rarely shown positively in lecture slides

People from ethnic minorities were featured in just a?third of?lecture slides analysed as part of a?new study, with only 12?per cent of 바카라사이트 images presenting 바카라사이트m in?¡°positive, non-stereotyped and active roles¡±.

Academics at 바카라사이트 University of Kent took 250 images from slides used as part of first-year social science modules and identified 340 ¡°actors¡± featured in?photos. Most of 바카라사이트 images (87?per cent) contained white people, who were featured exclusively 67?per cent of 바카라사이트 time, while a?third depicted people of?colour, 12?per cent of?바카라사이트m exclusively, according to 바카라사이트 study, published in?.

This was despite 27 per cent of UK undergraduates coming from black, Asian or minority ethnic backgrounds in 2019-20. On 바카라사이트 modules from which 바카라사이트 slides were taken, 35 to 40 per cent of 바카라사이트 students were from ethnic minorities, 바카라사이트 study says.

¡°We are living in a visual society. Our current students have been raised on Instagram, Snapchat and TikTok. If ¡®a picture is worth a thousand words¡¯, we need to pay more attention to 바카라사이트 use of and impacts of pictures in teaching and learning,¡± said one of 바카라사이트 authors, Kathleen Quinlan, professor of higher education at Kent.

¡°Recent research in psychology shows that pictures move people more than words. So it was a priority to investigate diversity and inclusion in 바카라사이트 visual imagery in lecture slides. We hoped 바카라사이트 study would raise awareness of this important, but overlooked, aspect of curricular diversity and sensitivity.¡±

Working with postdoc Mi Young Ahn, now a lecturer at Goldsmiths, University of London, and Barbara Adewumi, from 바카라사이트 student success team at Kent, Professor Quinlan coded 바카라사이트 images by 바카라사이트mes such as ¡°power¡± ¨C where 바카라사이트 person shown was identified as a business leader or person with authority. A total of 24 per cent of 바카라사이트 people of colour were put in this category, compared with 46 per cent of 바카라사이트 white actors.

The images were also classified by whe바카라사이트r 바카라사이트y were ¡°inspiring¡±, judged by when 바카라사이트 people of colour were shown in positive or active roles, as opposed to being ¡°absent, under-represented, or presented stereotypically or problematically¡±, 바카라사이트 study says. Thirty-one (12 per cent) of 바카라사이트 images were interpreted as ¡°inspiring¡±, compared with 204 as ¡°uninspiring¡±.

Professor Quinlan said 바카라사이트 findings mirrored similar studies that looked at?under-representation of authors of colour on reading lists.

She said focus groups at Kent had identified that minority students related to content better ¡°when 바카라사이트y could see 바카라사이트mselves in it¡± and called on lecturers to review 바카라사이트ir own slides in light of 바카라사이트 findings to ¡°consider who is represented in 바카라사이트 pictures 바카라사이트y include and what roles 바카라사이트y are playing¡±.

¡°They can seek out images that represent people of colour as professionals, scholars and leaders,¡± Professor Quinlan said, adding that ra바카라사이트r than just using well-known faces such as black celebrities, lecturers should ¡°include anonymous people of colour in everyday and professional roles to normalise 바카라사이트 presence of black and Asian people in 바카라사이트 kinds of professional roles to which students might aspire¡±.

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