2015
DOI: 10.1007/s13644-014-0194-x
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Perceptions of Science Education among African American and White Evangelicals: A Texas Case Study

Abstract: Evangelicals have been highlighted at the intersections of religion, science, and education, yet little is known about how evangelicals perceive public science education and how these perceptions compare across racial lines. Here we analyze how African American and white evangelicals view science education through 40 in-depth interviews collected from two evangelical congregations in Texas. Without raising the topic of evolution, we find that African American leaders, white leaders, and white laity engaged in … Show more

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“…REALM focuses primarily on pronunciation and recognition of medical terminology. Perhaps the large performance difference between racial groups in REALM is associated with unmeasured cultural, language, and socioeconomic covariates [36,37]. S-TOFHLA, on the other hand, focuses on narrative text comprehension and no significant performance differences between groups were noted, which may be an indication that such covariates are not associated with the literacy test.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…REALM focuses primarily on pronunciation and recognition of medical terminology. Perhaps the large performance difference between racial groups in REALM is associated with unmeasured cultural, language, and socioeconomic covariates [36,37]. S-TOFHLA, on the other hand, focuses on narrative text comprehension and no significant performance differences between groups were noted, which may be an indication that such covariates are not associated with the literacy test.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Even more recently, scholars are examining how race shapes religion (Dougherty and Mulder 2009; Korver-Glenn, Chan, and Ecklund 2015; Perry 2012; Shelton and Emerson 2012; Wilde forthcoming). Shelton and Emerson (2012) explored how racial discrimination across America’s history deeply influences contemporary African American religious beliefs and behaviors.…”
Section: Shift To Overdrive: 1998 Through Todaymentioning
confidence: 99%
“…For example, studies suggest that black students are less likely than white students to have STEM aspirations (Archer et al 2015). Yet, research also suggests that blacks and Latinos see science education as a path to social mobility, albeit one that is distant from their everyday experiences (Korver-Glenn et al 2015; Hernandez et al 2016). Leaks in the STEM pipeline appear early in the educational process (Hanson 2013); therefore, many researchers have focused their energies on documenting science and medicine mistrust in black and Latino communities to better understand the hurdles facing minority students interested in science (Corbie-Smith et al 2002; Sewell 2015).…”
Section: Minority Representation In Stemmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Though a small recent literature at the nexus of religion and science education (Korver-Glenn et al 2015; Chan and Ecklund 2016), focuses specifically on black Americans, Latinos are a group that is also both highly Christian and largely underrepresented in STEM (Espinosa et al 2003; Abdul-Alim 2011). Recent estimates suggest that Latinos make up 16% of all American Christians but only 6% of the science and engineering workforce (Pew Research Center 2015; National Science Foundation 2017).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%