Submitted by Lauren Boulton (not verified) on November 5, 2007 - 11:56.
It needs to be remembered that Dee's study was an observation of only eighth graders. When I was in middle school, I was much more intimidated by men. As I grew older, I found that it was EASIER for me to learn from men. I think that as opinions are more deeply formed, F2F teaching relationships can become strained. Women are much more tense with female students and expect more out of them. I've found that males are easy going with girls and more likely to listen to debate and (constructive) commentary from them. I think age also has a lot of precedence. If a teacher is younger, students probably find them more approachable. I think that when it comes down to it, though, gender is a lot less important than personal experience. I'm doing a study with high school students and gender. I'll report my results here when I finish it!
Age of students, age of teacher
Submitted by Lauren Boulton (not verified) on November 5, 2007 - 11:56.
It needs to be remembered that Dee's study was an observation of only eighth graders. When I was in middle school, I was much more intimidated by men. As I grew older, I found that it was EASIER for me to learn from men. I think that as opinions are more deeply formed, F2F teaching relationships can become strained. Women are much more tense with female students and expect more out of them. I've found that males are easy going with girls and more likely to listen to debate and (constructive) commentary from them. I think age also has a lot of precedence. If a teacher is younger, students probably find them more approachable. I think that when it comes down to it, though, gender is a lot less important than personal experience. I'm doing a study with high school students and gender. I'll report my results here when I finish it!