Gender Equity

Question: Gender in Education
“There is an extensive body of evidence that suggests that boys and girls behave differently and that teachers expect different behaviours (Good and Brophy, 2000). In what specific ways can teachers use this research to inform and improve their teaching of boys and girls in inclusive classrooms?”

Gender equity is an enormous problem within all aspects of today’s society. Beliefs and trends towards gender bias are rapidly worsening and this is highly noticeable in primary school classrooms. Every student is affected by what teacher’s say, do and how they treat them, within a classroom. Teachers treat both boys and girls differently in a number of ways, ranging from behaviour, school work, and in some cases, grades. The way a teacher interacts with students, in regards to gender, can be highly damaging to the amount a student achieves or is willing to achieve, especially when this interaction is inequitable. Although this bias may be uninten...