Jane Elliott, a white, third grade teacher in Riceville, Iowa, decided to teach her students about discrimination after the Martin Luther King assassination. The students recently elected MLK as the class "Hero of the Month,"" and we're puzzled as to why someone would kill him. Elliott wanted to show her students what it feels like to be discriminated against and the effects it can have on an individual. To show her students this, she divided the class by eye color, blue eyes and brown eyes.
On the first day, Elliott told her students that blue-eyed people were all around better than brown-eyed people. One brown-eyed student stated that blue-eyed people were not better than brown-eyed and Elliott gave reasoning as to why blue-eyed people were, in fact, better than brown-eyed people.
Prior to this particular day, the student told Elliott that his father kicked him. Elliott asked the student if he thought a blue-eyed father would kick his son, of course the brown-eyed student said yes, but several blue-eyed students said their blue-eyed fathers have never kicked them. Elliott then tells the brown-eyed student that it is a fact that blue-eyed people are better than brown-eyed people. The blue-eyed students were allowed longer recess, being first in line for lunch and allowed seconds, and were given extra praise while the brown-eyed students had to wear collars, and were ridiculed by Elliott on their behavior and performance. .
During recess, a brown-eyed boy and a blue-eyed boy were fighting. Elliott asked the boys what happened; the brown-eyed boy said the blue-eyed student was calling him brown eyes so he hit him in the gut. Elliott then asked the students why they would call each other brown eyes or blue eyes when they were addressing each other by name the day before. Elliott commentates, telling the viewers, she watched wonderful children turn into malicious, discriminating, third graders in a matter of fifteen minutes.
But discrimination can take other forms. ... As a high school athlete, I experienced both sides of discrimination. When I was a sophomore, I benefited from discrimination. When I was a junior, however, I was penalized by it, treated as if there were no place for me in a classroom. ... Despite this favorable treatment, I continued to study hard. ...
Miss Crampton had taught a seventh-grade social studies class that included eight low-IQ children and a deaf child with cerebral palsy as well as several gifted students. ... The children with Learning Disabilities also affect the classroom. ... According to Cubberley, the public education system really allows no margin for discrimination in this type of way. If supporters of the inclusion system say that by not placing students with disabilities in regular classes is discrimination, then is placing smart students in honors classes" reverse discrimination? ... I think the education system ne...
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A study by Paul Willis and Jay MacLeod (Kornblum, 2000) found that students in inner-city schools were not encouraged to have high expectations. ... A study by Brophy and Good showed that teachers' expectations had a direct impact on their interactions with students. ... This is especially troubling when considering the results of a study by Armstrong. The government reported that 10% of tracking in public middle school verged on outright discrimination (Armstrong, 1991). ... The media has been quick to report this, many times noting studies that point to genetic inferiority as cause....
Gender inequality was once an issue in high school classrooms. ... There have been studies that show boys get more attention, but from personal experience I have not noticed that. In an attempt to end this discrimination Congress passed Title IX in 1972. ... A later study would show that this did not solve the problem of gender inequality in the classroom. ... This study also showed that in general teachers give more attention to boys than girls. ...
Inequality, of gender, in the classroom is believed to be slowly decreasing but this is still an issue in our culture. ... Helping children get along with one another and combating discrimination and name-calling can become a regular part of classroom experiences." ... (Ilatov, Shamai, Hertz and Mayer, 1998) In their study, they monitored two 7th grade Israeli classes. ... Another factor in this study was the fact that the teachers were not biased against females. Their study "indicated that gender, academic composition, and teacher communication style are important factors in teacher-student ...
One of the most daunting tasks for this project was to find a topic or idea to focus on while completing our studies. ... The usual frame of the classroom does not consist of individuals walking around the classroom, acting as individuals of a different time period, utilizing a multitude of accents to attempt to portray these characters. ... I found these principles directly applicable to the days, in which we completed a significant amount of research regarding the topics of education, poverty and discrimination. ... I noticed that each of groups were very prepared to speak on behalf of their...
Also, a greater variety of studies are now available for students learning and educational enrichment. ... College: an institution of higher education that grants degrees in specialized areas of study. ... Older students however do have a greater need for computers in the classroom. ... However, there is an immense amount of discrimination that goes on in schools throughout the country. Black students do not receive the same respect and education as white students, the wealthy are favored more heavily than the poor, there is religious discrimination in parts of the country, and there is also s...
Studies have shown that illiterate adults suffer from poorer health, lower socioeconomic standards and often miss out on areas such as consumer rights. ... The research study involved a comprehensive literature review to establish what we know about literacy development of boys; and help identify gaps in the research. ... Boys were disruptive, easily distracted and difficult to motivate within the classroom; and that boys lacked self-esteem and confidence as learners. Teachers also observed several features of boys' classroom behaviour that made boys far more successful in terms of ...
