Gender Sexism Seminar

8/3/2019 Gender Sexism Seminar

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Gender and Sexism

Presented by:

Bavina Kobeer,Safia Dakri,

Kaley Clarfield

& Roshni Patel


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DefinitionsGender Subordination:A hierarchy of sex usually, the male ranks

higher than female.

Progressive Education: Requires teachers to understand the rolesforms of subordination and resistance play in teaching and learning.

Oral Account:An active production of meanings and interpretations,strategic in character and capable of influencing the present. Oralaccounts reveal how the past and present are reciprocal.

Rebellion: Independence leading to liberation.

Irreverence: Form of acting that gives us access to promises,symbols and stimulus to action, but not real and lastingtransformation of power relations


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More Definitions

Educational Inequity: Occurs where the quality of

education available is related to the students class or status.Gender-Equity: Refers to the fairness and justice in the distribution ofbenefits and responsibilities between women and men.Gender Imbalances: The relative proportion of males and females in apopulation.

Glass ceiling:An unofficially acknowledged barrier to advancement ina profession, esp. affecting women and members of minorities.Literacy:A measurable, contextualized, constructed, communicativeact encompassing both reading and writing.Character-Personification: Students identify throughcharacterization in their reading, and they recreate themselves through

character in their writing.Sex-role Socialization: Gendered identity is transmitted fromactive adult to passive childhood agent.


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Past to PresentHas much changed?

Are we rebels when challenging genderdifferences?

What are the connections between genderand class in the construction of identity?

What can be learned from telling life

stories as both the story-teller and as theaudience?


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Highlights

Rebels in Norquays article are identified as thosewho took charge, went against the norm of their gender,

tested boundaries.


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HighlightsNorquays (1999) articlenot only analyzes thecomplexities of genderdifferences throughresearch and interviews,

but also looks at classidentifications. Theseidentifications include:parents occupations &

education; familiesmaterial items; andrelationship with schools.


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Present PracticesHas change in the educational system now

favour females over males?

North American educational systems has attempted

to equalize opportunity for female students because

of inequalities in educational and labour market.

However, based on recent research, some literacyassessments favour female students.

Thus, has the educational system really equalizeopportunity for females or did it only open the gapmore between gender differences?


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Gender and Class

One of the participants in Norquays interview process is fromthe working-class and attended a middle-class highschool. Her friends saw her as a rebel although she always

did the right thing (ie. dress appropriately, behaving the rightway, doing everything right to belong). Yet, because she wasmore outspoken and took risks, she was labelled as arebel. What role does class play in this context?


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The following is based on aninterview with SeniorKindergarten children:

http://goanimate.com/videos/0LfnhlvmqfJo?utm_source=linkshare


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Discussion Questions:

According to Gambell and Hunter (2000) there aremultiple factors that may contribute to the decline inboys literacy. Some of these factors including division

of family labour, character-personification, classroominteraction (i.e. male and female teachers), assessmentbias, and identification with genre (i.e. identifying withthe text). Do you agree that these factors contribute tothe decline in boys literacy? Are there some factorsthat might contribute more than others? If so, thenwhy?


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Discussion Question 2:

How do you define literacy in the 21st century?

Here is short video to watch of multiple educators

who define what literacy means to them:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wn0_H-kvxkU&feature=related


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Please watch this video on the decline of boys literacy:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLHzIxXXHp0 .

How can we fix the decline in boys literacy? What role does society play and what role do role models

play in boys literacy? Have you had any personal experiences that inspired boys to

discover their love for reading and literacy?


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Do you think that technology would play a role in decliningor increasing literacy? How can we inspire boys and girlsliteracy?

Here is a video made with high school students, whoworked together to design and create a project that showedto be challenging but meaningful.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hrw66BL-Izo


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ReferencesAnderson, D. & Tavin, K. M. (2003). Teaching (popular) visual culture:Deconstructing Disney in the elementary art classroom.Art Education, 56(3), 21-25.

Gambell, T. and Hunter, D. (2000). Surveying gender differences in Canadianschool literacy. Journal of Curriculum Studies 32(5), 689-719.

Norquay, N. (1999). Who rebels? Gender and class in stories of irreverence andresistance. Qualitative Studies in Education 12(4), 417-431.

Videos:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUmT-T6n4PA&feature=relatedhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8O8p0Ac1Rg&feature=relatedhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hrw66BL-Izohttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLHzIxXXHp0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wn0_H-kvxkU&feature=related

Websites:http://naturalpapa.com/media/im-not-raising-princesses-i-guess/http://www.haaretz.com/news/do-disney-movies-promote-anti-semitism-and-racism-1.282097

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