The Gendered Classroom

Question 1

Hidden Curriculum and Gender

Answer 1

From informal interactions teachers and peers, we learn what it is to be men and women

Question 2

The idea of being educated was inherently tied to being ________

Answer 2

Masculine

Question 3

Did women receive education in the 1800s?

Answer 3

Yes mainly rudimentary teaching. Few elite and religious women became highly educated, but were exceptions

Question 4

Girls and Public education in the 20th century

Answer 4

Girls in the public school system were uncontroversial, but there was disagreement on whether they should be educated for paid employment

Question 5

When was the 1st degree granted to a woman in the British Empire?

Answer 5

Grace Annie Lockhart, a Canadian in 1875

Question 6

According to Alfred Kinsley, homosexual activity…

Answer 6

…was more pervasive in single sex schools and other environments

Question 7

By 1900 __% of university undergrads where female, increased to __% by 1920, and held until the _____. Currently women are in ________ of undergrad students

Answer 7

10%, 25%, 1960s. Majority

Question 8

Why do girls’ self esteem drop so significantly during adolescence?

Answer 8

(White) girls learn that they are valued more for their appearance than their talents.

Question 9

Boys are _x more likely to be sent to a child psychologist and diagnosed with dyslexia and ADHD and _x more likely to be diagnosed as “hyperactive” and are nearly _/_ths of all schools suspensions

Answer 9

4, 9, 3/4ths

Question 10

Boys are __% of those in Special Ed. classes, __% of the learning disabled, and __% of the emotionally disturbed

Answer 10

58, 71, 80

Question 11

Do boy’s self esteem drop during adolesence?

Answer 11

Yes, not to the same extent as (white) girls

Question 12

What does the “mask of masculinity” by William Pollack argue?

Answer 12

While boys gain a voice over women in their adolescence, that voice is dethatched from their feelings and full of bravado

Question 13

Why are girl’s grades in math approaching/exceeding boys in many countries?

Answer 13

Boys tend to overestimate their performance in more “masculine” subjects and struggle value and perform well in “feminine” subjects

Question 14

How is the “hidden curriculum” enforced by peers?

Answer 14

Bullying.

Question 15

1 in _ children are bullied in Canada

Answer 15

3

Question 16

What is the difference between relational bullying and indirect bullying?

Answer 16

Relational bullying are attempts to isolate the victim, while indirect bullying depends on a third party to harm the victim on behalf on the bully

Question 17

How does bullying differ between girls and boys?

Answer 17

Girls prefer indirect and relational bullying, while boys prefer physical and verbal bullying. Boys also bully more and are also most of the victims

Question 18

What differentiates sexual harassment and bullying?

Answer 18

Sexual harassment doesn’t need an intent to do harm and sexual harassment is about gender

Question 19

How does slut shaming enforce gender?

Answer 19

Enforcing appropriate dress to shaming people who go beyond the double standard

Question 20

Which area of sexual harassment do girls and boys experience equal levels of?

Answer 20

Flashing and homophobic harassment

Question 21

What “type” of girl do students think is more at risk of sexual harassment?

Answer 21

Both “Attractive”/feminine girls and unattractive/masculine girls

Question 22

Who is more likely to be the perpetrators of sexual harassment?

Answer 22

Boys

Question 23

A 2008 survey by Égale Canada suggested that ___ of LGBTQ
students felt unsafe at school, and ____ of straight students felt
that their schools are unsafe for LGBTQ people.

Answer 23

75%, 1/2

Question 24

A 2015 study showed that _____ of students
had experienced cyberbullying

Answer 24

1/7th

Question 25

What does a “higher educational premium” mean in post-secondary settings?

Answer 25

Women traditionally have poor access to well paying jobs unless they have advanced education, making them more likely to enroll in post-secondary institutions

Question 26

What happens to female presence in PSE as the level of education increases?

Answer 26

Fewer women enter graduate school programs compared to undergrad studies

Question 27

How does media fundamentally misconstrue the lack of men in teaching?

Answer 27

Instead of focusing on the declining rate of pay among education and how hard teaching is, the media uses interplanetary theory and says men aren’t attracted to teaching because of their “breadwinner” attributes

Question 28

What are the biggest problems with single-sex schools?

Answer 28

Single-sex schools tend to buy into rigid gender norms and allow people to ignore gender stereotyping instead of confronting it