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A great deal of teaching is built around the idea of students sitting still in one place for a long period of time, listening intently and working quietly. Boys
by esja 6y ago
A great deal of teaching is built around the idea of students sitting still in one place for a long period of time, listening intently and working quietly. Boys seem to have a lot more difficulty with this (on average) than girls do.
That's one example but there are plenty of others.
- endisneigh 6y agoyes I would agree that boys have trouble with this, as that's what the featured article effectively states. however, saying that the methods themselves somehow are predisposed to benefit women is one that I'd like to see research on.
- esja 6y agoHow can they not benefit women? The article is about the relative performance of men and women, and this factor reduces the performance of men.
- endisneigh 6y agoYou're stating that there exists teaching methods that somehow benefit women, and not men as a function of their gender. That's an extraordinary claim and requires evidence. You can't assert your claim is true and look at the article to justify the original claim that you're asserting to begin with.
- esja 6y agoSorry, what? I gave an example of a teaching method which creates difficulties for boys relative to girls. You agreed boys have trouble with it. What is left to discuss?
- endisneigh 6y agoBoys having trouble with a teaching method does not mean said teaching method is inherently discriminatory towards boys nor does it mean that its favorable towards girls. Do you not understand? I'm sorry if I'm not being clear. Nothing you have said has illustrated things being somehow favorable to girls. One group of individual doing better at something does not mean the thing is favorable towards the group.
- esja 6y agoThe article is about girls outperforming relative to boys. In that context anything which penalises boys benefits girls, by definition. This is basic logic. I'm not sure what else can be said here, so let's leave it at that.
- endisneigh 6y agoYour logic is incorrect, but yes, let's just leave it at that.