Gender Stereotypes and Elementary School Teachers

Math-gender stereotypes in elementary school children.

A total of 247 American children between 6 and 10 years of age (126 girls and 121 boys) completed Implicit Association Tests and explicit self-report measures assessing the association of (a) me with male (gender identity), (b) male with math (math-gender stereotype), and (c) me with math (math self-concept). Two findings emerged. First, as early as second grade, the children demonstrated the A...

Gender Stereotypes in Elementary School Textbooks (grades 1, 4 and 8) in Use in Montenegro

Preservice Primary School Teachers’ Elementary Geometry Knowledge

Geometrical notions and properties occur in real-world problems, thus Geometry has an important place in school Mathematics curricula. Primary school curricula lays the foundation of Geometry knowledge, pupils learn Geometry notions and properties by exploring their environment. Thus it is very important that primary school teachers have a good base in elementary Geometry. The aim of this paper...

Gender Stereotypes on Biology Practical Pedagogy: A Student-Teachers` Perspective

This study examines ideas of pre-service teachers on goals of biology practical in three purposely selected Colleges of Education. To this end, A researcher designed questionnaire which was adapted titled ‘views of preservice teachers on biology practical’ to elicit information, and findings of a survey administered to 405 preservice teachers revealed divergent views with gender stereotypes on ...

Elementary School Teachers\' Classroom Management Skills and Students\' Self-Efficacy

Elementary School Teachers' Classroom Management Skills and Students' Self-Efficacy A. Khedrikhaanaabaadi H. Poorshaafe'i, Ph.D. Given the fact that Iranian educational system is mostly teacher-based and the students' development is owed mostly to teachers' interactions with them, a question can be asked on the relationship between teachers' classroom management and students' ...