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A 12 page paper. An individual's sex is a biological factor but gender is developed through culture and socialization. This paper addresses the question of whether or not gender affects a teacher's instructional approach in the classroom. Some studies have found specific gender-related differences in teaching style while other studies conclude there are no dramatic differences between the approaches used by men and women teachers. As one researcher said: teachers are teachers first and gendered persons second, although even this investigator did find some differences. Another study is reported that compared classroom approaches of experienced and inexperienced teachers; result are reported according to male and female teachers. 5 Tables included. Bibliography lists 16 sources.
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two has been a topic of debate for many years. There are strong arguments supporting socialization as a key factor in gender differences although it would be na?ve to eliminate
biological factors totally. Still, Carole R. Beal asserted: "in no area of child development will we find that biology is a sufficient explanation for the behavioral differences between the sexes.
. . . In other words, biology is not destiny" (Powlishta, 1998, p. 530). We may interpret Beals statement to mean that differences between males and females in any life
situation is not solely driven by the biological identity of male or female. It is important to differentiate between sex roles and gender roles because they are often confused.
Hirsch and colleagues define sex roles as: "The behaviors, attitudes, and activities considered appropriate and desirable for males and females" and they define gender roles as: "behavior that is considered
masculine or feminine [that] are culturally determined" (1988, p. 152). Hirsch and colleagues went on to say that sex roles are "essentially biologically determined" to ensure reproduction and even division
of labor, at least during the times when women were associated exclusively with child rearing (1988). Gender roles, on the other hand, are also differentiated by the sex of an
individual with certain expectations for males and females (Hirsch et al, 1988). Obviously, these are old-time descriptions of the roles men and women were expected to assume in decades past.
These roles have seen a drastic and dramatic change in the last thirty years. Nonetheless, gender roles continue to be instilled in each individual through social and cultural norms and
traditions. (Chandler, 1996). Children are exposed to very profound socialization processes when they enter school. The first imbalance children observe is the number of female versus male teachers. In the
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