When you fill out an application for a credit card or even a survey there is one question that is always bound to jump up and out at you every time. What is your gender? It seems like a simple question but there are so many things that are hidden behind this question that have been hidden there for most of the time we have been on earth. While this idea may loom over the heads of many adults in their workplace, sometimes overlooked are the children. Children have to deal with the shortcomings presented to them in school because of their particular gender. What makes the two genders different? How can we embrace both genders while not alienating them? This is a major problem that present and future teachers need to be aware of as well as how they can deal with these problems.
It is no question that boys are different from girls and vice versa. There are many differences between boys and girls that should be identified and learned to help make a person aware of these differences. Examining the differences between boys and girls is the best way to learn how the teacher can use these differences in a productive way in the classroom.
From all most day one, males and females are very different. From conception the fetus usually is more aimed at becoming a female. The presence of more female hormones as well as the presence of two X chromosomes compared to the odds of receiving one X chromosome and one Y chromosome, supports the fact that there are more females produced than males (Elium&Elium, 1994, p. 13). .
The composition of boys and girls brains shapes the child. In the brain is an area called the corpus callosum. This area connects the two sides of the brain and acts as wiring to transmit information. It is reported that girls have a larger corpus callosum than boys do. This gives the girls an advantage in things such as reading and comprehension, the boys receive an upper hand in areas of spatial and abstract reasoning (Gurian, 1996, pp.