Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Chapter Ten Reflection
This chapter was very interesting, but I feel like I have learned a lot about gender and gender roles in several other courses. Don't get me wrong, it is very important, but to be completely honest this chapter was difficult to get through because I felt like it a review from previous courses. Something I did find interesting was The Foundations of Boy's Work. I thought the studies described the concept well, and I didn't realize how much outside forces effect boys and their education. After reading this chapter I realized that as the role of teachers is vital because our students will shadow our behaviors. Especially since a lot of the time students idolize their teachers, and we do spend most of the day with students, we need to be very careful not to let our beliefs affect our teaching ways.
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I agree that the chapter was basically a review of information about gender and gender roles that has been previously covered in other classes. I thought The Foundations of Boy's Work was interesting as well. Growing up with two brothers,sometimes I think I know everything that goes on in a boy's mind. Until I come across information like what was covered in this section. It once again proves you can never know too much.
ReplyDeleteIt is important that we monitor everything we do in front of our students because they are watching and listening. To some of them we are the only leader figure they have. Great reflection about the chapter!