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2. INTRODUCTION Gender bias is when there is a difference made between students in the classroom according to the gender of the student. This could include:
how teachers respond to students
what subjects students are
encouraged to study
how textbooks represent gender roles
3. Overview
Gender bias is alive and well in the United States. More often than not, males are favored in the classroom in various areas such as math, science, and sports.
4. The Title IX program was established in an effort to reduce gender bias Title IX, in part, states:
No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance
5. Gender bias is not always obvious. Often the bias is subtle and unintentional, however, the result is still the same damaging.
6. While observing a classroom, a researcher noted the teacher facing the boys more often and they spent more time with the boys
7. Girls became less active because the boys were allowed to ask and have more questions answered.
8. THERE ARE A NUMBER OF GENDER BIASES No. 10 Segregation still thrives in Americas schools.
Actually, females still major in subject such as English, French, Spanish, drama and dance.
Males major in computer science, physics and engineering.
9. THERE ARE A NUMBER OF GENDER BIASES No. 9 Public schools are now creating single gender classes and schools
Private schools often do have separate classes for boys and girls public schools do not.
10. THERE ARE A NUMBER OF GENDER BIASES No. 8 Gender related safety and health concerns continue to plague females.
100 years ago, doctors stated that an education caused the blood that was destined for the ovaries to be redirected to the brain. As a result, educated women were unable to bear children.
11. THERE ARE A NUMBER OF GENDER BIASES No. 7 The dropout rate is not what we think it is.
Boys are more likely to repeat a grade than girls. Of those who do repeat a grade (boys and girls), the boys are more likely to drop out of school.
12. THERE ARE A NUMBER OF GENDER BIASES No. 6 For girls, gifted programs are often early in and early out.
Girls begin school performing equal to or above boys. By graduation, the opposite is true.
13. THERE ARE A NUMBER OF GENDER BIASES No. 5 More needs to be done to understand and eliminate the gender bias that impacts males.
Boys are stereotyped more often than girls. Males who show an interest in a career that is typically a female career are pressured on a social level.
14. THERE ARE A NUMBER OF GENDER BIASES No. 4 Classroom interaction between teachers and students puts males in the spotlight and relegates females to the sidelines.
Teachers recognize male students more often than females when giving instructions. For some, this attention is unwanted.
15. THERE ARE A NUMBER OF GENDER BIASES No. 3 The math and science gender is getting smaller.
During the 1990s, female students did enroll in the typical male subjects of science, however, males are still more likely to take all three science courses physics, chemistry and biology.
16. THERE ARE A NUMBER OF GENDER BIASES No. 2 Dont look now, but there is a new gender gap in technology.
Boys begin school with more computer knowledge and skill than girls.
17. THERE ARE A NUMBER OF GENDER BIASES No. 1 Political forces are intent on reversing many of the gains in educational equality made during the past decade.
Educational Research organizations are trying to discredit the last 10 years of research on gender bias. There is a continual reminder of the natural roles of men and women.
25 years after Title IX, the progress made needs to continue.
18. OTHER FACTS OF GENDER BIAS Females receive lower grades on standardized tests.
Males receive lower grades on course work.
Schools are often bias against girls.
Elementary aged girls have high self-esteem, but it lowers by junior high.
Boys receive more attention and are called on more often than girls.
Boys are encouraged to think for themselves while girls are not.
Textbooks present images that are stereotypical of females.
19. Although boys often receive more attention in school, girls stay in school longer, make better grades, and cut class less. Girls also take more academic classes and are more likely to complete high school and go to college.
20. Our schools assure that girls are made aware that they are unequal to boys. As educators, we must be aware of what these biases are and ensure they will end.
21. Treatment of all students, regardless of race or gender, should be equal.
22. WEB SITE #1 It doesnt have to be boys vs. girls. Creating gender equality in the classroom.
http://www.atpe.org/TeacherToolbag/gender.htm
23. WEB SITE #2 Gender Bias in Education.
http://www.educhange.org/multicultural/papers/genderbias.html
24. WEB SITE #3 Education expert: Classroom gender bias persists.
http://www.news.cornell.edu/Chronicle/96/4.25.96/gender.html
25. WEB SITE #4 Gender Bias in Education.
http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_g2602/ai_2602000263
26. WEB SITE #5 Title IX, Education Amendments of 1972.
http://www.dol.gov.oasam/regs/statutes/titleix.htm.
*Stated the guidelines provided for the Title IX Amendment
27. Bibliography It doesnt have to be boys vs. girls. Creating gender equality in the classroom. http://www.atpe.org/TeachersToolbag/gender.htm.
Chapman, Amanda. Gender Bias in Education. http://www.edchange.org/multicultural/papers/genderbias.html.
Goetz, Jill. Education expert: Classroom gender bias persists. Cornell Chronicle. 1996 April 25. http://www.news.cornell.edu/Chronicle/96/4.25.96/gender.html.
Sadker, David. Gender Equality: Still Knocking at the Classroom Door. 1999. http://www.sadker.org/eq-leader.htm.
Title IX, Education Amendments of 1972
http://www.dol.gov/oasam/regs/statutes/titleix.htm
Woodward, A. Gender Bias in Education. Gale Encyclopedia of Childhood and Adolescence. http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_g2602/ai_2602000263.
