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Topic Two: Stereotypes and Stereotype Threat

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Topic Two: Stereotypes and Stereotype Threat

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Explore how stereotypes develop and how they can harm students (as well as a teacher's ability to fulfill their social purpose...)

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Learn how harassment and assault intersect with the educational experience of girls. Think about how this might be an obstacle to receiving a full democratic education.

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Read the first section of this chapter from a renowned sociological researcher, CJ Pascoe. This section demonstrates how students can believe in and practice harmful gender stereotypes, emphasizing how peer-to-peer interactions can contribute to repression. Note how not only girls are impacted; boys are forced into rigid gender roles, so how may they be limited to explore alternative ways of structuring society? If you would like (and you're a fast reader), you can glance at the sections on "getting girls" (P. 92) or "touching" (P. 96).

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Click the highlighted links to explore:

Learn more about policy related to harassment and assault

Or learn more about the definition, statistics, and myths surrounding harassment in schools.

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Academic Disengagement: The Importance of a Safe Environment

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Academic Disengagement: The Importance of a Safe Environment

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I edited this article down to key points - as it was quite long - titled, "School climate tolerant of sexual harassment is indirectly related to academic disengagement through peer sexual harassment and feeling safe in high school girls"

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Topic One: The "Why" of Authority Structures

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Topic One: The "Why" of Authority Structures

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We referenced some updated statistics earlier, but dive into why so few women are superintendents or why so few men are elementary teachers.

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Why aren't there more boys interested in teaching?

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Why aren't there more boys interested in teaching?

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Why Boys Don’t Want to Become Teachers and What Schools Can Do About It

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Boys would benefit from more male role models in the classroom.

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Check out this article which goes into recent statistics or this article that talks about why women may not be represented in top education leadership roles.

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Women are frequently diverted from crucial leadership opportunities through biased career pathways, damaging stereotypes about their leadership capabilities, and inequitable pay.

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“Congress,

which is comprised of 75% men and only

25% women (American Association of Uni-

versity Women [AAUW], 2016).

These numbers are by no means reflec-

tive of the constituent population, since

women obviously make up approximately

50% of the population.”

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Was Your Teacher Sexist? Teacher Beliefs and Students Outcomes

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Teachers often hold beliefs that mirror societal norms. But how does teacher gender bias, affect students, and what can we do to remedy this?

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Why are there gender differences in educational outcomes? 

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Why are there gender differences in educational outcomes? 

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Read the section "Presentation of the Problem" to understand how gender stereotypes can emerge from the hidden curriculum

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"Teachers with more traditional gender views have been shown to cause poorer performance by girls in standardised tests compared to their peers, with the effect compounded with continued exposure to the same teacher."

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Providing external attributions for difficulty: …providing individuals with an external attributions or effective strategies for regulating anxiety and arousal can disarm stereotype threat.

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several experiments that Black college freshmen and sophomores performed more poorly on standardized tests than White students when their race was emphasized. When race was not emphasized, however, Black students performed better and equivalently with White students. The results showed that performance in academic contexts can be harmed by the awareness that one's behavior might be viewed through the lens of racial stereotypes.

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Women are frequently diverted from crucial leadership opportunities through biased career pathways, damaging stereotypes about their leadership capabilities, and inequitable pay.