Gender Differences in Education

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Gender Differences in Education

• What books do boys and girls both want to read?

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Do boys read girls books?

• Usually boys will not read girls books, or if
  they are reading them then they may just not be
  confessing it. Logsdon (2004)

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Do girls read boys books?

• Usually girls will read boys books, but are more
  likely to read the girly books.

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How do you choose books for your classroom that
appeal to both genders?

• Girls usually like mystery/suspense, romance, and
  realistic fiction. Logsdon(2004)
• Boys usually like action/adventure, fantasy and
  mystery /suspense. Logsdon(2004)
• Most students believe that some books are gender
  specific.

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What is a girly book?

• Books that are about
• Shopping, Babysitting, Makeup, Romance, and
  Princesses.

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What is a boyish book?

• Books about
• Sports, Fighting,
• Hunting,
• Weapons,
• and Gore.

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Conclusion

• Stay away from books that are solely about one of
  the gender specific subjects and choose books
  like
• Among the Hidden, Among the Imposters, Among
  the Betrayed, Holes, Cirque du Freak, the Giver,
  the Harry Potter series, Zachs Lie, and The
  Series of Unfortunate Events.

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Do boys attract more of the teachers attention
than girls in coeducational classrooms?

• According to Dale Spender in her book call
  Invisible Women this is widely demonstrated.

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Does single sex schooling have an effect on
students?

• Being placed in a single-sex class leads to
  girls greater confidence about their math
  ability. (Rowe, 1988, p180).
• Boys do better in coeducational classes.

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• Overall, self-concept scores were higher for
  female and male students attending coeducational
  classes than for those in single-sex classes.

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• According to the attitude questionnaire teachers
  agreed that students were happier being in a
  coeducational school, but felt that girls were
  disadvantaged in certain school subjects, such as
  mathematics, science and computer studies, by
  being in coeducational classes.

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Are times changing for females?1994
1972

• 63 of female high school graduates enrolled in
  college.
• 38 of female medical degrees earned.
• 43 of females earned law degrees.
• 38 of females earned dental degrees.

• 43 of female high school graduates enrolled in
  college.
• 9of female medical degrees earned.
• 7 of females earned law degrees.
• 1 of females earned dental degrees.

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Is there still gender bias in schools today?

• Yes, girls are still the silent majority in the
  classroom. Kaywell, Whiteley, Stevens, (2004).
• Receive less attention, are called on less
  frequently, and are asked less challenging
  questions.

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Does society still place greater value on the
traditional male role?

• Boys who want to have what is stereotyped as a
  womans job are not socially supported, but woman
  who want what is stereotyped as a mans job can
  usually expect some support. Kaywell, Whiteley,
  Stevens, (2004).

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Are there boys who want to read girls books, but
dont because they do not want to be ridiculed?

• If a boy wants to read a romance novel he is
  usually harassed by his peers.
• If a girl want to read a novel about a sport she
  is free to do this with out any harassment.

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Could the way that society portrays stereotypical
gender biases be the reason boys are not choosing
to read the girly books?

• Yes, so incorporate female protagonists that
  appeal to the male readers.
• Encourage students to read outside of their
  gender zone.

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Novels that can be read in the classroom that may
shed a different light on stereotypical gender
ideas

• I Am Not Ester by Fleur Beale
• Sliding into Home by Dori Hillestad Butler
• A Northern Light by Jennifer Donnelly
• Parvanas Journey by Devorah Ellis
• A Shooting Star by Sheila Solomon Klass
• Uncommon Faith by Trudy Krishner