Gender Diversity: The effects in the classroom

1. Gender Diversity: The effects in the classroom Jeremiah Sanders Chris LaFree and Nathan Fowler

2. Gender makes up who we are

3. Female StudentsFact or Fiction? Girls are more social than guys?

4. Female Students • Fact 1 • Female students blossom socially before guys and are typically more social than their male counterparts. (Source 1)

5. Female Students

6. Female Students • Fact 2 • Studies have shown that girls tend to use areas of brain that are devoted towards verbal and emotional side (qtd. In source 1; Moir & Jessel; Rich 2000)

7. Female StudentsFact or Fiction? Girls are more athletic than guys during puberty?

8. Female Students • Fact 3 • Girls develop physically at a different rate than guys. Girls are sometimes not as athletic as guys. • Girls can develop their physical skills and be more athletic than guys, however, it is normal for girls to not be as athletic.

9. Female Students

10. Female Students Having knowledge of the natural personalities of students will be beneficial with lesson planning and classroom management.

11. Female Students in Music • Female Students tend to participate in music classes, more so than Males who, when given the opportunity take physical education classes. • Many music companies print music gender specific. • SSA which is Soprano, Second Soprano, and Alto • Weight training, Games such as football, and other aggressive sports.

24. Male StudentsFact or Fiction? Guys and girls are equally physically inclined?

25. Male Students • Fact 4 • “Boys are more mobile and active from uterine life onward, but mostly in the large muscle, whole body realm. But this does not mean that girls are passive.”(Dr. Kyle Pruett)

26. Male Students

27. Male Students Fact or Fiction? • Male and Female students learn differently because of the rhyme • “Boys go to Jupiter to get more studipier?”

28. Male Students • Fact 5 • Guys and Girls do learn differently • Girls are quick with transition between lessons and tasks. • Guys are ondo not have the same style • Guys need to engage in visual or kinesthetic learning. • The male brain has to refresh (qtdin source one; Gurian)

29. Male Students Planning according to the male students in a classroom is important because of the stereotypes and generalizations already made about males

30. Males Students • Fact 6 • “Males are geared toward Spatial and Mechanical learning tasks” (Moir and Jessel1989; Rich 2000)

31. Both Genders • Fact 7 • Gender is one of many factors that composes the unique composition of a person.

32. Both Genders • Fact 8 • Gender also influences the students behavior. • Temperament (e.g., shyness, energy level) • Intelligence • Natural Abilities (e.g. creativity, disorders)

33. To cover all the bases

34. Reference Page • (http://www.greatschools.org/parenting/social-skills/gender-differences-learning.gs?content=1121) • Moir & Jessel; Rich 2000 • Gurian • http://life.familyeducation.com/early-learning/gender- • differences/36229.html#ixzz1C1c7q0gO • (Dr. Kyle Pruett)

35. Instructional Methods • Remember to be Gender Sensitive. • Typecasting is not always accurate. • Do not assume anything about anyone • Behavior issues are related to Gender at times.