http://nssea.wordpress.com/2009/01/07/gender-specific-classrooms/ Hosted by: National School Supply & Equipment Association Sat, 19 Dec 2009 23:19:57 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://nssea.wordpress.com/2009/01/07/gender-specific-classrooms/#comment-239 Rebecca Thu, 08 Jan 2009 12:28:13 +0000 http://nssea.wordpress.com/?p=241#comment-239 We've been trying that out at local schools where I live. On the one hand, the teachers love it. They say that the classroom is easier to manage, and that the kids don't continue to segregate themselves once they're out of the classroom. I don't like to see it, though. History has shown us that "separate but equal" doesn't really work. For years, I've been seeing teachers with mixed classrooms choose nonfiction books "for the boys" or pick a craft project for science because "I have practically all girls." How will we ensure that these stereotypes don't limit learning for science-minded girls and creative boys? We’ve been trying that out at local schools where I live. On the one hand, the teachers love it. They say that the classroom is easier to manage, and that the kids don’t continue to segregate themselves once they’re out of the classroom.
I don’t like to see it, though. History has shown us that “separate but equal” doesn’t really work. For years, I’ve been seeing teachers with mixed classrooms choose nonfiction books “for the boys” or pick a craft project for science because “I have practically all girls.” How will we ensure that these stereotypes don’t limit learning for science-minded girls and creative boys?

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