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Gender and Its Effect on Learning

Gender and Its Effect on Learning. Imagine you are a kindergartner and its indoor recess time…. What is a gender role?.

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Gender and Its Effect on Learning

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  1. Gender and Its Effect on Learning

  2. Imagine you are a kindergartner and its indoor recess time…

  3. What is a gender role? • Dictionary.com aset of behaviors that indicatesone's gender, specif.theimage projected by a person that identifies their femaleness or maleness; an overt public presentation of genderidentity • Salem Press The perceived truth of a how a male or female should act in society

  4. Where do gender roles come from? • Media • Parents • Teachers • Friends/Peers • Relatives • Are there other places gender roles come from?

  5. How does this affect children in learning environments? • Prohibits children from reaching their full potential • May lead to bullying • Affects friendship making

  6. What is sexism? • Discriminationordevaluationbased on aperson'ssex • Do you think this is portrayed in schools? How or why? • Examples from the book

  7. Can sexism be prevented? If so, how or why?

  8. Works Cited • http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/gender+role • http://salempress.com/store/samples/psychology/psychology_gender.htm

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