Pre-Reading Read the subtitles and paragraph 1.

1 .  The following words are in the text.  Match the synonyms.
(One of the words on the left has two synonyms.) F – preschool 1. kindergarten G – stereotype  2 label B – bias d – discrimination 3.prejudice E – gender 4.
sex A – ability 5.
skill C – curriculum
6 . syllabus a.
ability b.
bias c.
curriculum d.
discrimination e. gender f. preschool g.
stereotype
2 .   What is the purpose of this chapter?
examine how men and women are socialized and the role of teachers in providing an equitable education for both sexes.
Read paragraphs
2 – 4.

3 .     List three ways which illustrate the differences in the ways parents interact with their infant sons and their infant daughters?       1. play more roughly and vigorously with sons than they do with daughters       2. tend to touch male infants more at first; later, they keep male toddlers at a greater distance than females       3. seem to spend more time interacting with sons, trying to get the babies to laugh or smile
4 .         What idea do the examples in paragraph 4 support?
Different treatment of the sexes and sex role stereotyping continue in early childhood.
The difference between the two sexes growing Read paragraphs 5-8.
5.         List two ways in which school materials “foster gender biases”.
1. Materials for the later grades often omitted women altogether from illustrations and text          2. Most of the textbooks produced for the early grades before 1970 portrayed both males and females in sexually stereotyped roles
6 .        Read and compare the findings of the two studies (from 1975 and 1990) that use the Women on Words and Images design.
(Note:  You need to integrate information from paragraph 5 and paragraph 6)       a. In what way were the findings different?
b. In what way were the findings similar?
7.        What do the sexual stereotypes in the Jacklin and Maccoby (1972) study demonstrate?
8 .         a.     What assumption has been shared by teachers and publishers about children's reading preferences?
b.        Refer to information in the text that shows that this is not a                   valid assumption.
Read paragraphs 9-10.
9.         Give specific evidence to support the claim that "teachers interact more with boys than with girls".

1 0.       What do all the examples in paragraph 10 show us?
Read paragraphs
1 1 – 16.

1 1.       What factors may cause males to do better than females on tests that require mental rotation?
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