| Assignment Number 6 Discussion/Writing Chrisler 4. Gender dynamics in the classroom. (44-45) Crawford & Unger. Mary Crawford, Claiming the right to know: A personal history. (35-39) Crawford & unger: Rhoda Unger, Making a feminist: A personal history. (40-44) |
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Name _____________________ Date due: 2-2-04 Psychology 358 Hal S. Bertilson, Ph.D. |
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| 1. | What was your reaction to the Bill Moyers' video on Food Insecurity? What was most important to you from the video? What will you take from this class from that video? | ||
| 2. | Students typically perceive teachers as paying more attention to girls than boys, but objective observers and teachers typically perceive teachers as paying more attention to boys than girls. Why do you think this discrepancy might exist? How accurate do you believe is your perception of whether teachers paid more attention to boys or girls? (46) | ||
| 3. | Starting in nursery school, boys receive more teacher attention than do girls for a wider range of behaviors. Was that your experience in K-12 education? What is your explanation? (46) | ||
| 4. | Sadker and Sadker (1994) reported that when a boy called out in class without first raising his hand, the teacher was likely to accept his answer. However, when a girl called out in class, she was likely to receive a reprimand. What that your experience? Please explain. (46) | ||
| 5. | Feminist pedagogy emphasizes the importance of every student having a chance to voice her or his opinion. Is that happening in your small group discussions in this class? If not, why do you think it is not happening? What can you do about it? What can Dr. Bertilson do about it? | ||
| 7. | What have been the reminders of your marginality? (37) | ||
| 8. | What did you think of the personal stories by Mary Crawford and Rhoda Unger? What did you learn? (35-44) | ||