Attitudinal difference surveys perpetuate harmful tropes: A comment on Nattrass, S. Afr. J. Sci.

Eureta Rosenberg; Lesley le Grange

doi:10.17159/sajs.2020/8469

Attitudinal difference surveys perpetuate harmful tropes: A comment on Nattrass, S. Afr. J. Sci.

Authors

Eureta Rosenberg Environment and Sustainability Education Environmental Learning Research Centre (ELRC), Department of Education, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7421-7120
Lesley le Grange Department of Curriculum Studies, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7096-3609

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17159/sajs.2020/8469

Keywords:

attitudinal surveys, methodology, critique, transformation, conservation

Abstract

This Commentary is a response to a Commentary published in the May/June 2020 issue:

Nattrass N. Why are black South African students less likely to consider studying biological sciences? S Afr J Sci. 2020;116(5/6), Art. #7864, 2 pages. https://doi.org/10.17159/sajs.2020/7864

Responses to the Commentary in the May/June 2020 issue have been published collectively in a special issue of Volume 116.

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2020-07-10

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Vol. 116 Special issue (2020)

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Commentary

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Rosenberg, E., & le Grange, L. (2020). Attitudinal difference surveys perpetuate harmful tropes: A comment on Nattrass, S. Afr. J. Sci. South African Journal of Science. https://doi.org/10.17159/sajs.2020/8469