Topics: Education, Teaching , Gender Social Construct , Early Childhood Education
Title : Learning to teach about gender social constructs: A conversation in early childhood education
Participants: Cathi Miller, Educator and Researcher
Publish Date: 12/ 27/2023
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Conversation Topics:
- What are the different perspectives on the meaning of gender?
- What are the societal roles of gender?
- How is gender projected onto our bodies?
- Is gendered language being marked when we say ” daughter and or son?”
- Why don’t we say “my child” instead of defining relationship through gender?
- Does Nahuatl mark gender in its language?
- How does gender permeate our relationships with our loved ones?
- At what age do we learn the gender divide?
- How do you address gender professionally and personally?
- How are babies and adults treated differently based on assumptions of gender?
- What is the relationship between the sex we are assigned at birth and our gender?
- What is the role of teachers in reinforcing or challenging gender?
- What have we learned about this practice of education when addressing gender?
- How do you explain gender as a social construct?
- Is the division of gender unequal?
- What are development appropriate practices in early childhood education?
- How do educators demonstrate their respect for every child?
- How can educators find a balance between professional and personal responsibilities?
- Is the first Gender and Equity Childhood course in the country being taught in Santa Monica community college by Professor Cathi Miller?
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