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Gender Bias in Teaching?

Gender Bias in Teaching?. An In-Depth Look at Teacher Bias in Math and Science Curriculums By: Allie, Beth, Kevin, and Lauren. Table of Contents. Myth Mythbust Personal Experience. Myth. Science and Math Teachers are no Longer Biased Toward Their Male Students. FALSE.

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Gender Bias in Teaching?

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  1. Gender Bias in Teaching? An In-Depth Look at Teacher Bias in Math and Science Curriculums By: Allie, Beth, Kevin, and Lauren

  2. Table of Contents • Myth • Mythbust • Personal Experience

  3. Myth Science and Math Teachers are no Longer Biased Toward Their Male Students FALSE

  4. Live Science Says… Biases Persist in Science and Mathematic Classrooms • Example: “A teacher will often help a boy do an experiment by explaining how to do it, while when a girl asks for assistance, the teacher will often simply do the experiment, leaving the girl to watch rather than do” • Everyone Benefits Only When Teachers Deliberately Involve Female Students

  5. Live Science Suggests… Suggestions for Teachers to Eliminate Gender Bias in the Classroom • Make Sure Everyone in the Class is Called on Over the Course of a Particular Lesson • Ask a Question and Wait at Least Ten Seconds Before Calling on any Student to Answer • Instructions Should be Inquiry Based and Hands On • Engage Students in Problem Solving as Cooperative Teams

  6. Research Says… Biases Persist in Science and Mathematics Classrooms • Education Expert: Classroom Gender Bias Persists • By: Jill Goetz • Gender Bias in Teaching • By: Kathryn Scantlebury • Gender Bias in Education: Treating Boys and Girls Differently at School • By: Gale Thompson • Mathematical Thinking of Kindergarten Boys and Girls; Similar Achievement, Different Contributing Processes • By: Pnina Klein, Ester Adi-Japha, and SimchaHakak-Benizri

  7. Research Suggests… Suggestions for Teachers to Eliminate Gender Bias in the Classroom • Education Expert: Classroom Gender Bias Persists • By: Jill Goetz • Gender Bias in Teaching • By: Kathryn Scantlebury • Gender Bias in Education: Treating Boys and Girls Differently at School • By: Gale Thompson • Mathematical Thinking of Kindergarten Boys and Girls; Similar Achievement, Different Contributing Processes • By: Pnina Klein, Ester Adi-Japha, and SimchaHakak-Benizri

  8. On the Other Hand… Not Only are Teachers Biased Towards their Students, but Students are also Biased Towards their Teachers • Unraveling Bias from Student Evaluations of their High School Science Teachers • By: Geoff Potvin, Zahra Hazari, Robert Tai, and Philip Sadler Gender Divided Classrooms?

  9. Personal Experiences • Kevin • Allie • Lauren • Beth

  10. Myth Science and Math Teachers are no Longer Biased Toward Their Male Students Busted!

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