America prides itself on being a land of equality. Theoretically no one person has more inherent opportunity than another. Yet America, just like most modern cultures, suffers from power distance and gender inequality. It can crop up in any area of life, but perhaps most spotlight is the workplace. As a hopeful future elementary teacher, I am fortunate to belong to a that sees less of these injustices than other majors (engineering for example). This does not negate the fact, however, that power distance and gender roles will impact my career in the coming years, whether it be in my relationship with students and bosses, communication with students, or the breaking down of gender stereotypes in the classroom.
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Traditionally, elementary education has been a job held largely by women. I will certainly face less gender discrimination in my line of work than my contemporaries in science or business fields. Nevertheless, gender will still play an important role in my job as teacher. First, it will effect the communication that takes place between myself and my male bosses or students. Some scholars “interpreted cross-gender communication as cross-cultural communication” (Monreau, Campbell, and Greener 2014, 182), and will, therefore, influence the nature of conversation. Males and females have unique communication patterns Monreau, Campbell, and Greener 2014, 182), and as a teacher, it will be my job to bridge this gap to reach my male students the same way that I reach my female students. Gender stereotypes will also be present in my classroom. It will be important to encourage students to ignore these assumptions and learn as a human being, not a boy or a girl. I will be tasked with reminding girls that it is great to love science or to teach boys that they can excel in humanities. The goal is to raise a generation with a smaller gender role gap (Monreau, Campbell, and Greener 2014,
First and foremost, power distance …show more content…
Traditionally, elementary education has been a job held largely by women. I will certainly face less gender discrimination in my line of work than my contemporaries in science or business fields. Nevertheless, gender will still play an important role in my job as teacher. First, it will effect the communication that takes place between myself and my male bosses or students. Some scholars “interpreted cross-gender communication as cross-cultural communication” (Monreau, Campbell, and Greener 2014, 182), and will, therefore, influence the nature of conversation. Males and females have unique communication patterns Monreau, Campbell, and Greener 2014, 182), and as a teacher, it will be my job to bridge this gap to reach my male students the same way that I reach my female students. Gender stereotypes will also be present in my classroom. It will be important to encourage students to ignore these assumptions and learn as a human being, not a boy or a girl. I will be tasked with reminding girls that it is great to love science or to teach boys that they can excel in humanities. The goal is to raise a generation with a smaller gender role gap (Monreau, Campbell, and Greener 2014,