Gender equity in the classroom
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Gender inequality in the classroom is gradually declining yet still prevalent problem.
Gender inequality in the classroom is a gradually declining yet still prevalent problem in modern America. Even though legislation was enacted over thirty years ago to correct gender inequity in the classroom, this in and of itself was not successful in mending the problem. Recent studies and data overwhelmingly demonstrate that although significant strides have been made in this arena, there is undoubtedly more work to be done.
In Janice Streitmatter’s "Toward Gender Equity in the Classroom," gender bias is defined as the underlying belief that males and females differ in non-physical ways such as talents and interests. Streitmatter believes that it is the unconscious application of gender bias in the classroom on the part of both the teacher and the student that perpetuates gender inequality.
Gender inequality in the classroom is a gradually declining yet still prevalent problem in modern America. Even though legislation was enacted over thirty years ago to correct gender inequity in the classroom, this in and of itself was not successful in mending the problem. Recent studies and data overwhelmingly demonstrate that although significant strides have been made in this arena, there is undoubtedly more work to be done.
In Janice Streitmatter’s "Toward Gender Equity in the Classroom," gender bias is defined as the underlying belief that males and females differ in non-physical ways such as talents and interests. Streitmatter believes that it is the unconscious application of gender bias in the classroom on the part of both the teacher and the student that perpetuates gender inequality.

