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Case: No Women's Issues Please!
I am a novice middle school social studies teacher. When I was still a student in the middle grades education program, my professors taught me the importance of teaching students about the underrepresented groups such as minorities and women. I have been very sensitive to women's issues and their perspectives and contributions since I started my job two years ago. Last week, I was teaching my students how to conduct research using Internet resources. To practice their skills, I asked students to do research on accomplishments of a list of women I created. Students were allowed to pick whom they wanted to research. While my female students were very excited about this assignment, three of my male students openly protested the assignment and said that they did not want to waste their time researching about women. I have to deal with this behavior somehow because I will be integrating women's perspectives into my curriculum regularly in the future. I cannot tolerate this type of behavior continuously. I wonder if these children's home lives have something to do with their reaction to women's issues. What should I do?
Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!)
I would give the students a list of accomplishments by people in history and have them give their opinion as to whether it was accomplished by a man or woman. Once they have made their choice I would then have them conduct their internet research to find out who accomplished what. After their findings the class could have a discussion. I believe this would take the negative context out of the assignment. |
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The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) |
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The suggested solution is relevant to the case |
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The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement |
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The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue |
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The suggested solution is original |
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Comments: That's a good idea. |
Rated On: March 2, 2016 11:08 pm |
Rated By: daPaJa |
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The suggested solution is relevant to the case |
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The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement |
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The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue |
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The suggested solution is original |
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Comments: That is a great idea. Showing the contributions of women and men is a great idea. |
Rated On: March 6, 2016 5:52 pm |
Rated By: yNesuL |
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The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) |
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The suggested solution is relevant to the case |
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The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement |
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The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue |
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The suggested solution is original |
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Comments: I would never do this! This is wrong. |
Rated On: March 5, 2017 9:14 pm |
Rated By: GyNyzu |
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The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) |
Yes
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The suggested solution is relevant to the case |
Yes
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The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement |
Yes
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The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue |
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The suggested solution is original |
Yes
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Comments: :) |
Rated On: March 18, 2018 1:35 am |
Rated By: aJaTyb |
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