Requried readings for both topics: Attached files below
Read “Have Gender Gaps in Math Closed?” (2016) by C. J. Clipman, et al (19pgs)
Read “Teachers underestimate girl’s math abilities” (2016) by K. Stoltzfus (Blog Entry, Education Week) https://www.edweek.org/teaching-learning/teachers-underestimate-girls-math-abilities-report-suggests/2016/11
Read “A Threat in the air: How stereotypes shape intellectual identity and performance” by Claude Steele
Read “Lean out: Teen girls and leadership biases” Making Caring Comon Project: Harvard Graduate School of Education
Topic 1 instructions
What were the major terms or concepts discussed in reading assignment?
Identify 2 or 3 terms or concepts that were difficult to understand?
Define the key terms or concepts in your own words.
What was the general message or point made in the readings?
Was the message clear?
Restate the message in your own words.
What were the most important topics covered in the readings?
Choose 2 or 3 topics to be discussed with classmates.
Having read different articles about schooling and sex discrimination, what question(s) do you now have about the topic? Prepare a question to ask your classmates, and provide your thoughts on the topic.
What do you think is the main cause of discrimination in schooling? What is the main impact on men and women?
Topic 2 instructions
Directions. Prepare a journal response to videos you find on sex discrimination school. Review the films below, or find new sources from an online video source where individuals speak about their experiences in schools. If you choose to use a new source, post the link with your journal response. Use the following questions to guide your journal response:
Use the following questions to guide your journal response:
What do the videos present?
What title would you give the videos?
What do they make you think about?
How do they make you feel?
Describe your own experiences or your observations of others? Is discrimination based on sex in schooling a major problem?
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