Through this research effort, a greater theoretical understanding of gender inequality in the educational system, as well as recommendations and attempts to eliminate this gender bias are desired to be obtained. ... This serves as an introduction to the structure and the organization of the educational system, and how gender inequality emerged. ... Content of The Formal Curriculum In addition to gender inequality which arises from the organization of the formal curriculum, the third hypotheses is that the content of the formal curriculum generates gender inequality through the unequal acade...

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Now, think about how it would feel to be discriminated against because of your skin color or gender. ... Discrimination is present in many aspects of life, but I will concentrate on its role in education. ... What this definition means is that any type of favoritism or bias for a person or persons of a certain gender or a particluar race is considered discrimination. ... A student can be rejected a chance to participate in a certain class or activity because of their gender or skin color. ... I believe that the previous quote sums up this argument of racial and gender inequality in today&#...

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Reflection of Diversity in Terms of Class, Race or Gender and Power Miranda experienced a high-school chemistry teacher treating her different than other students in her class. ... The feminist perspective might have played a role in her thinking. ... It is hard for our family to imagine how anyone could treat people differently just because of race, gender or any other reason. ...

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Cultural influence, social expectation, plays a huge role in people's growth and development. Now a day's television medium also plays a very important role when it comes to educate general public, because this medium is the easiest way we can put our point of views about anything and everything in front of everyone plays biggest role in influence big mass of people. ... Like I said media plays very important role because slowly it is changing everyone's mindset about women and their importance. ... One of the reason there is gender inequality in some part of the developing coun...

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The Dead Poets Society shows another aspect of a filmmaker's point of view by clearly showing authoritarian settings and the subsequent gender roles surrounding them. ... Gender in this film is very strongly masculine at its start. ... There is role reversal in this part by the mother showing the dominant masculine role while the young boy tries the get a bit of comfort. ... The boys learn a new skill, which leads to the break down of gender in the movie. ... Gender changes from a very dominant role to the more submissive role when the boys begin to express themselves creatively. ...

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Furthermore, the mutual understanding prepares both genders to perform positively and comfortably with the opposite gender. ... Since both genders are in fact getting an equal treatment, they will be convinced that one gender is not and should not be more powerful over the opposite gender. Co-education will teach students that both gender are equal and one gender is not smarter nor stronger than the opposite gender. ... Co-educational schools teach students that one gender is not more suitable to take on leadership roles than the other, instead it teaches them to make decisions through communi...

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As exemplified by Durkheim, education has consisted of both a civic and vocational role over the past century. ... Buchman's states in, Gender Inequalities in Education, that gender inequalities have indeed seen much change with young women gaining advantages over young men in just the last two decades (Buchman 2006). There is also sex separation and gender role socialization in young children in early education. Children create their own peer culture, learn the roles of adulthood, and are exposed to gender schemas early on; all that can influence the way boys and girls attain education f...

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Family, religion, gender, and education play an important role in deciding how an individual view politics. Each matter plays a key role in how a person approaches politics and how strong they feel about it to become an important participant. ... Religion plays the key role in politics. ...

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There was an extreme gender gap in education, where women didn't even have the pleasure of going to school. ... Horace Mann was very into succeeding at this role. ... They began to get sick of this "gender disparity" as the years continued on. ... In her work, she reinforced stereotypical gender roles, specifically domestic roles for women. ... Quaker and Moravian communities believed in educating both genders. ...

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It would be interesting to see if socio-economic factors play a role in multiple intelligence and in which ways (e.g. a student who may not have pen and paper to retain information because they lack the materials, would creating a song help them remember – musical intelligence?) ... Thornton suggest that restricting attention to the official curriculum may simplify matters, but it does not imply that it is easy to track continuity and change – contradictions occur, for example gender equity may not be considered if we withhold information and a gender may feel "shortchanged&q...

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It would be interesting to see if socio-economic factors play a role in multiple intelligence and in which ways (e.g. a student who may not have pen and paper to retain information because they lack the materials, would creating a song help them remember – musical intelligence?) ... Thornton suggest that restricting attention to the official curriculum may simplify matters, but it does not imply that it is easy to track continuity and change – contradictions occur, for example gender equity may not be considered if we withhold information and a gender may feel "shortchanged&q...

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Introduction The topic for my research paper is parent involvement and homework. This is a subject that affects all of us in education. I have taught elementary and now I am teaching high school intervention and homework has always been a problem. Homework is meant to be beneficial but many see it a...

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The classes were representative of urban and suburban field placements, and were also composed of different gender and ethnic background. ... Students must take an active role in that part of the community. ...

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Walking through the toy department at Wal-Mart trying to see how toys have an impact on socializing children really shocked me. I grew up with my brother having me build Lego castles and racing hot wheels around the kitchen table with him. I realized that I would have been playing with the wrong t...

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An individual report into alternative visions of education, including views about the role of education and the relationship between education and other social institutions Education for Work ! ... Children need skills that will enable them to play a future role that is constructive for them and constructive for society. ... (Giddens, 1993) Inequality within schools is not disputable among most sociologists, the consequence of social origins; ethnicity, culture and gender all have significant values on the attainment in schools. ... (Giddens, 1993: 438) The role of education thus is cr...

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"Affirmative Action and its Role in Society" It is October of 2003. A young African American man is about to make a decision that will dictate and impact the rest of his life. Thus far this is probably the most important decision that he will make in his life. This decision is deciding which coll...

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Wollstonecraft asserted the innate rights of all mankind, whom she thought victims of a society that assigned people their roles, comforts, and satisfactions according to the false distinctions of class, age, and gender. ...

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