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One possible way of encouraging underrepresented groups to participate in science is to ensure that science is seen to be inclusionary. To this end a distinction is made between science (as knowledge) and scientific culture. A description of how one obtains membership in that culture is provided. Including the contributions of many different groups to scientific culture, when teaching the history, philosophy and sociology of science, is one way to emphasize that everyone can do science; something critical in multicultural science classrooms.
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Krugly-Smolska, E. Scientific culture, multiculturalism and the science classroom. Sci Educ 5, 21–29 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00426438
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