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Table 5 Percentage (and number) of participants that expressed culture-free beliefs and also expressed consideration of student identity or enactment of CRP in their teaching

From: The role of epistemological beliefs in STEM faculty’s decisions to use culturally relevant pedagogy at Hispanic-Serving Institutions

Evidence of

Biology (n = 17)

Chemistry (n = 7)

Physics (n = 6)

Mathematics (n = 10)

Total (n = 40)

Culture-free epistemological beliefs concerning their discipline

12% (2)

14% (1)

17% (1)

30% (3)*

18% (7)

Culture-free epistemological beliefs AND identity: yes

12% (2)

14% (1)

17% (1)

10% (1)

13% (5)

Culture-free epistemological beliefs AND enactment of CRP

12% (2)

0%

17% (1)

30% (3)

15% (6)

  1. *One of the mathematics instructors was speaking about the beliefs of instructors in her department, not her own