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EDFD 221 Midterm Exam
3/9/15
Essay Questions:
1. Today, many Americans believe that teaching is a feminized profession—but they don’t understand what thus means or how this happened. Drawing on the assigned readings and class discussion, write an essay that explains the historical development of the feminization of teaching to a general audience. Your essay should do three things: 1. Explain how, when, and why teaching became feminized in America. 2. Describe some of the key changes in the feminization of teaching over time, including all changes in the progressive era. 3. Define what the repercussions are today that teaching is feminized professions. Before the arising of schools and need for teachers, women didn’t a …show more content…
John Dewey was a huge supporter for this new form of education. He called on the teachers to be “leaders in building the new society and replacing the corrupt and defeated capitalism of early-twentieth-century America” (Dewey, pg. 206). Progressive education was separated in five different strands being “administrative progressives, who sought consolidated management, militant teachers, who sought a greater role for themselves, child-centered curriculum reformers, advocates of testing and measurement, and political reformers who wanted teachers to help build a better society” (Dewey, pg. 205). I do believe that progressive education is a pedagogical way for students to become active learners, becoming hands on, and critical …show more content…
Dweck, “With young girls who have very high IQ’s, they don’t cope well with this confusion”(Dwecks, pg.2). Math and science classes enhance a lot of confusion for young girls that cause them to feel unconfident, where for boys this type of confusion only energized them. Young girls starting with low confidence at a very young age in education may be the reason why we have a problem with gender equity in math and science fields in high education and the workplace. Building confidence at a young age may make a difference in females growing up in the math and science fields. Teachers applying feedback and having a balance between the males and females will have a positive
EDFD 221 Midterm Exam
3/9/15
Essay Questions:
1. Today, many Americans believe that teaching is a feminized profession—but they don’t understand what thus means or how this happened. Drawing on the assigned readings and class discussion, write an essay that explains the historical development of the feminization of teaching to a general audience. Your essay should do three things: 1. Explain how, when, and why teaching became feminized in America. 2. Describe some of the key changes in the feminization of teaching over time, including all changes in the progressive era. 3. Define what the repercussions are today that teaching is feminized professions. Before the arising of schools and need for teachers, women didn’t a …show more content…
John Dewey was a huge supporter for this new form of education. He called on the teachers to be “leaders in building the new society and replacing the corrupt and defeated capitalism of early-twentieth-century America” (Dewey, pg. 206). Progressive education was separated in five different strands being “administrative progressives, who sought consolidated management, militant teachers, who sought a greater role for themselves, child-centered curriculum reformers, advocates of testing and measurement, and political reformers who wanted teachers to help build a better society” (Dewey, pg. 205). I do believe that progressive education is a pedagogical way for students to become active learners, becoming hands on, and critical …show more content…
Dweck, “With young girls who have very high IQ’s, they don’t cope well with this confusion”(Dwecks, pg.2). Math and science classes enhance a lot of confusion for young girls that cause them to feel unconfident, where for boys this type of confusion only energized them. Young girls starting with low confidence at a very young age in education may be the reason why we have a problem with gender equity in math and science fields in high education and the workplace. Building confidence at a young age may make a difference in females growing up in the math and science fields. Teachers applying feedback and having a balance between the males and females will have a positive