Unfortunately, the FCAT does not evaluate student’s performance correctly due to students that fall under pressure. The pressure that student’s feel and encounter is also known as test anxiety. According to Channel 7 reporter Erica Rakow’s in the article “FCAT Stresses Students Out, she claims” The responsibility of passing both reading and math portion of the FCAT in 10 grade adds a stressful ambiance to students who really do not want to retake it as a junior (par.2). Rakow also points out “That responsibility includes promotions to the next grade, and future funding for their school. Some students get so worked up about the test they can’t even get through it (par.3).
Although girls are subject to the same things, boys are seemingly more stubborn and impressed with the electronic entertainment around them. In my opinion, I feel girls are more consumed by social issues and looking pretty. If we want to see the number of dropouts decrease and higher test scores, we have to change the pace of the classroom. We have to embrace technology as a friend and a learning aide in the next couple of decades. Boys have become accustom to an extreme world around them and if we don’t accommodate for that we may see a continual decline in interest among boys.
In my opinion we have to take into account that there are more males on the special needs register. From my experience boys are far more reluctant to ask for help as they may see this as a weakness and do not want to lose face amongst their peers and this would have a negative impact on their learning. Also we have to look towards behaviour within our schools and attendance as both are fundamental factors when striving for achievement. Holland expresses how that failure to achieve is an important factor as it increases disaffection in boys to which she cites (Connell 1989) how it can manifest in different ways in school, classroom disruption and higher in truancy being the most common and that it also can impact later on in life (p.
Also children from a higher social class tend to look down on and make fun of lower class people. When some of the higher class children were asked what they thought of the poor children they said they were sissies and gross. This behavior causes the lower class children to have low self-esteem which can cause problems for them. In the film it also seemed the children from a higher social class talked more proper. Now, I would like to talk about a few
The teachers unknowing pass the ideas that they learned as a child onto their students, who also do not realize that it is being done to them. <br> Peggy Orenstein very effectively tackles the question "are boys and girls treated differently in school?" (Italicized paragraphs 7). She concluded from her field studies in junior high schools that the teacher sometimes treats boys and girls differently in the classroom. She also admits that boys and girls do have many differences, which cause them to behave differently.
Outline social factors that may influence gender roles. (8 marks) Bandura’s social learning theory suggests gender roles are learnt through observation of ‘social agents’ such as parents, peers and teachers as well as the media. This theory is based on the principles of operant conditioning with children being rewarded for behaving in their own gender and being punished for behaving inappropriately. An example of this is if a young boy is playing with dolls, he may be told off and explained to that it is wrong, likewise, a girl playing with cars and guns will told of or shouted at in the same way. Social agents model the appropriate gender specific behaviours; children observe these behaviours and learn the consequences for behaving inappropriately through vicarious reinforcement.
Along with all of this comes sexism and how it plays a role in children’s lives. The child learns from what he or she sees, and sexism is a big thing. For example, a little girl who believes only boys can be doctors and only girls can be nurses. Same with boys, they think they should obviously have the higher degree. Boys are learning at an early age to think that the girls are of lesser value.
Department of Education that show that girls outshine boys in reading, writing, science, math, and have a lot higher educational aspirations. She also gives us data that shows that girls are starting to beat boys in enrolling in college, and that girls are more engaged in academically then boys. She implies that all of this has been happening because the educational doesn’t “favor” boys over girls anymore. I agree with that statement, but I also don’t think that the educational should let boys be “left behind” either. Yes, boys are bad at school; I can say this because I’m a boy and I see everything first hand, my peers are less and less interested in school and college, they often talk about just either dropping out of high school and getting a job, graduating and just work and not go to college or simply join the military.
For example, boys are more likely to choose design technology and girls are more likely to choose food technology. • Peer pressure – both girls and boys are influenced by their peers. For example, boys are unlikely to do ‘art subjects’ such as Drama and Dance because some sociologists say they threaten masculine identity. • Future career – students may be influenced by future career plans. For example, subjects like ‘Health and Social Care’ and ‘Child Development’ are mainly taken by girls because they want to work in social care.
The double standard is still very much alive but it is changing at a rapid pace. GENDER WORLD GENDER WORLD: Toddler Girls V. Boys We all know that girls and boys are different in many ways. Starting off with the way we talk, walk, look, feel and think. Especially the way we think. Girls can say the sky is blue and boys will come right behind us and say it’s red just to spite us.