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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!)
Because your three male students were open about not wanting to complete the assignment and the girls were very excited about doing it, I would try to facilitate a group discussion and ask the boys to share with everyone why they do not want to participate. I think students' peers have a strong influence over one another and by having a discussion where you can act as a moderator, maybe the boys will understand another perspective. In addition to the females, other males in the class may have a strong (and influential) opinion about the importance of womens' rights and accomplishments. |
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Rating
| The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) |
No
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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 |
No
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| The suggested solution is original |
Yes
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| Comments: I don't think this solution is one that will most likely solve the issue. The teacher most likely did this to begin with and discussing this probably wont change the boys' ideas. It most likely will make the other students views start changing or them to doubt their views. |
| Rated On: February 19, 2013 12:30 am |
| Rated By: maWyZu |
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Rating
| 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 |
Yes
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| The suggested solution is original |
Yes
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| Comments: I think this is great because it gets the class involved. The teacher needs to take care in moderating though as it can turn south quickly. But this is great. |
| Rated On: October 15, 2017 10:30 pm |
| Rated By: QeZyqa |
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