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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 believe it is important to stress to students why we are teaching them certain topics, especially ones that they are not excited about. I think it would be a great idea to do some type of role playing and have the gender roles reversed. Ask the class to vote on something, but not allow the boys to vote. I also think some type of game where students had to guess if an accomplishment was made by a man or a woman would be a fun way to show the importance of equal rights. If the behavior continued, I would sit the boys down individually and ask them why they were feeling this way. |
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Rated On: February 19, 2013 12:31 am |
Rated By: maWyZu |
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Rated On: March 3, 2013 8:16 pm |
Rated By: yTuGyd |
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Comments: I think this solution is creative and may get the may students to see his side with that being said it is not easy to change set minds. |
Rated On: October 17, 2014 12:51 am |
Rated By: Ashley |
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Comments: I really like this solution a lot. Providing a fun engaging game for the students will get them involved and they will also be learning. |
Rated On: February 26, 2015 2:16 am |
Rated By: uVataS |
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Comments: This is a great solution. |
Rated On: February 26, 2015 3:35 pm |
Rated By: Tabitha Tirado |
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Comments: Sounds like a great way to handle the situation. |
Rated On: March 10, 2015 3:11 pm |
Rated By: qaqeHy |
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Comments: Good ideas. |
Rated On: October 18, 2015 2:12 pm |
Rated By: buHeNy |
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Comments: Turns the simple research paper into a really useful lesson for everyone in the class! |
Rated On: October 18, 2015 8:19 pm |
Rated By: eMuHub |
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Comments: the game idea is a great! I will be using that. Great contribution! |
Rated On: March 6, 2016 5:50 pm |
Rated By: yNesuL |
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Comments: Role playing and explaining the reasoning for the research helps students understand why it is important and relevant. |
Rated On: October 13, 2016 6:48 pm |
Rated By: pyGyga |
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Comments: I love the idea of coming up with a game where the students have to guess if an accomplishment was made by a man or a female to show the importance of equal rights. I also agree that sitting the boys down and asking them why they're feeling this way is the first step to take. |
Rated On: March 5, 2017 6:54 am |
Rated By: uresaM |
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Comments: I agree, explain to them why it's important that they learn this. I would do that too if I was in a situation like this. |
Rated On: March 6, 2017 2:51 am |
Rated By: avenyB |
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Comments: Great and useful solution! |
Rated On: October 13, 2017 4:09 pm |
Rated By: Lavede |
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Comments: This could work, they need to understand woman are equal to men. |
Rated On: February 21, 2018 4:00 am |
Rated By: uXysej |
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Comments: I really like this solution! It is helpful and original and teaches a great lesson. I would use this solution! |
Rated On: February 26, 2018 12:47 am |
Rated By: Samantha Rey |
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Comments: :) |
Rated On: March 18, 2018 1:36 am |
Rated By: aJaTyb |
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Comments: Good idea. |
Rated On: October 9, 2018 1:29 am |
Rated By: pagyDa |
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Comments: This solution is the best! It drives the point home for the students and addresses the problem in an educational way. |
Rated On: October 14, 2018 1:20 am |
Rated By: eguQep |
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Comments: i agree |
Rated On: October 27, 2018 7:40 pm |
Rated By: Carla Crumb |
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Comments: Completely agree! |
Rated On: October 9, 2019 12:20 pm |
Rated By: ePyguj |
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Comments: If I were in this situation, I would exactly do this. |
Rated On: October 18, 2019 9:04 pm |
Rated By: Lauren Toner |
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Comments: unique idea! i would do this in my future classroom |
Rated On: March 8, 2021 3:11 am |
Rated By: turyhu |
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Comments: I think this is an interesting approach to the solution but I still would think about how the males would react to them not being able to participate. |
Rated On: October 31, 2021 3:35 pm |
Rated By: Pearl Reberkenny |
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