Gender And Learning Reflection

During my time in my Women and Gender Studies, I learned to evaluate and examine how power can circulate within the classroom, and what it tells me about gender and learning processes. Through my research, I have noticed the following: my professor’s teaching style make it difficult for myself personally to have a positive learning experience. That males in my lecture chosen, are far more attentive than the females, that how other people choose to act in class affects my learning and that male theorists are more frequently referenced then female theorists.

In the lecture chosen to examine, the professor makes PowerPoint slideshows to accompany the lecture. However, the professor occasionally packs too many words into one slide, making it …show more content…
The males were more engaged with the lecture as previously stated, asking questions, being attentive, seated straight up in the seats with either the notes open on their table top or with their computer document open. The females on the other hand had more passive body language, they looked unimpressed, many had their arms crossed, bodies slouched in their chairs and were on social media. Seeing the other girls in my class room act in such a way makes me want to do the same to fit in sometimes, I do not feel encouraged to learn by my fellow women in my class nor do I feel a sense of positive unity in the class. There is quite a divide between the sexes that must be noted. Many people also come into lecture wearing comfortable clothing such as sweat pants, hoodies, sweaters, sandals or other “relaxed” clothing. The people that are wearing that type of apparel often seem less engaged with the lecture, the ones usually dressed more casually are female. This is possibly a reason why the females in my class might feel unmotivated to be …show more content…
There was one assignment that allowed us to read and reply/state our opinion on a females article but it also allowed us to disagree. On the contrary, our other assignment we had to show that we understood the male theories concepts and were almost forced to agree with them and make our own concepts using their ideas. Personally I agreed with the woman 's ideas in the article we had to write about but there are male theorists that I do not agree with that I felt I had to agree with to be able to get a good mark on my assignment. It would be beneficial for all sexes in my lecture to be able to be equally presented theories and ideals from both male and females so a different