SumBlog 7

After reading the chapter assigned and the discussion in class I realized that gender and education can still remain a problem today. In the reading “Missing in Interaction” I was surprised to see how teachers favored the male students over the female students. I thought about that issue and noticed that the reading was written about twenty years ago and figured and hoped that the times have changed. But after reading the online article below, I noticed that gender inequality in the schools may still be occurring.

 http://family.go.com/parenting/pkg-teen/article-772188-dealing-with-gender-inequality-at-your-child-s-school-t/

 Up until this class discussion I guess I have never been aware of the gender inequality in schools. I was very surprised to read how teachers favored male interaction over female interaction. It didn’t make sense to me why teachers would be alright with male students shouting out answers but female students would get reprimanded. I was even more surprised how the reading explained that after talking with the teachers and showing them how they acted to each gender, the teachers were shocked and unaware of their actions. The online article that I listed above made that topic and reasons a little clearer. It was stated that there were expectations for males to be more aggressive and outgoing whereas females were expected to be more passive. Although these expectations are unfortunate they can still be in effect today. There are many situations that I have been in where males get more attention and are expected to be able to do certain things.

There are many debates about whether or not the male or female students are experiencing inequality in the classroom. It was indicated in the online article that some research believes that females aren’t getting as much interaction in the classroom. The research also states that male students are pushed more towards the math and science field unlike female students. The online article wasn’t all so negative. There were multiple suggestions for parents on this topic of gender inequality in schools and how to improve it.

Although gender inequality may still be an issue in some classes I feel as if it is slowly changing for the better!