{"content":{"sharePage":{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"19388843","dateCreated":"1264634744","smartDate":"Jan 27, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"emasutani","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/emasutani","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/iolaniwomenlit.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/19388843"},"dateDigested":1532140559,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Meritocracy","description":" While it is unfortunate that female science teachers are viewed as being less effective than their male counterparts, such a bias is somewhat expected. The common assumption that permeates today\u2019s society is that STEM careers are primarily male dominated (such has been the case for millennia). While there are indeed notable exceptions to this generalization (that the sciences are male dominated), the vast majority of scientists and mathematicians have been male up until relatively recently. Nevertheless, if I were included in this survey, I would have a very difficult time downplaying the effectiveness of my female science teachers (three out of my four high school science teachers were female). I continue to admire and appreciate all my science teachers tremendously regardless of gender. In particular, my Biology teacher Mrs. Ono played a large part in awakening my interest in the Biological sciences.
\n Regardless of my opinions, however, many maintain the assumption that men are more suited to the sciences than women. While this view has a certain degree of support (gender-specific test score averages provided by the collegeboard seems to point out a slight gap between male and female averages: http:\/\/professionals.collegeboard.com\/profdownload\/SAT-Percentile-Ranks-by-Gender-Ethnicity-2009.pdf<\/a>), I personally believe that, especially for the sciences, opportunities should be given to those with clear and outstanding merit. I firmly believe in a meritocracy for the sciences, with no preference given to gender, ethnicity, creed, etc. To move away from the stereotype that men are more suited to science than women, society should use exemplary women like Dr. Hayashi to inspire females to explore their talents in the sciences. Nevertheless, I do not believe extensive concessions should be made to allow women with inferior talent (and likewise for men) to gain extensive opportunities in the sciences. Some exhorting and a few concessions should be made to dispel prevailing prejudices but, in the end, the sciences require the truly best and brightest of the human race to delve into the unknown. I would be quite offended if a mediocre female student displaced an outstanding male candidate on the grounds of gender. If an outstanding female proved to be better than her male counterpart, I would support her integration into the scientific community.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"19389735","body":"Thanks for your thoughts, Evan. I wish you had been here to hear Dr. Hayashi speak today. I also hope you're doing OK. The assignment sheet is posted. Email or call me if you have any questions.","dateCreated":"1264635887","smartDate":"Jan 27, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"MsFalk","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/MsFalk","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1250807416\/MsFalk-lg.jpg"}}],"more":0}]},{"id":"19350657","dateCreated":"1264575414","smartDate":"Jan 26, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"kelseyafoa","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/kelseyafoa","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/iolaniwomenlit.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/19350657"},"dateDigested":1532140559,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Gender bias ","description":"I thought this article was interesting because I never thought that gender really had much to do with teaching (the teachers). I also thought it was weird how the students acted towards female teachers that taught biology and chemistry; "male students tended to underrate their female teachers, but female students did not." In physics, both female and male students underrated their female teachers; it didn't make sense to me that in biology and chemistry, only male students underrated their teacher, but in physics both genders underrated their teacher. Why?
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\nI found it odd that female teachers recieved lower evaluations than male teachers when they both were "equally effective at preparing their students for college."
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\nAfter reading this article I realized that female teachers and male teachers do have different ways of teaching different materials to their students, but either way I don't think the gender of your teacher should matter; I think that as long as the student is learning what he \/ she is supposed to then there should be no problem. In this article it says that differences in teaching styles do exist among female and male teachers, but both genders are equally effective at preparing their students for college; that is what students, teachers, etc. should be looking at rather than the gender of their teacher.
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\nI also realized that I do work better with female teachers rather than male teachers; although I don't underrate my teachers according to their gender, I do feel more comfortable around female teachers.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[],"more":0}]},{"id":"19328935","dateCreated":"1264538434","smartDate":"Jan 26, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"lumis5","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/lumis5","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/iolaniwomenlit.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/19328935"},"dateDigested":1532140559,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"lumis","description":"mrs.falk-i posted my response in the discussion box on the main page, sorry i didn't know","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[],"more":0}]},{"id":"19318827","dateCreated":"1264529658","smartDate":"Jan 26, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"bchun3","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/bchun3","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/iolaniwomenlit.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/19318827"},"dateDigested":1532140561,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Gender Bias","description":"It seems apparent still that there is prejudice between male and female. For tasks as necessary as teachers, high school students evaluate their male teachers higher than their female counterparts. No matter if both sexes teach just as well, the students are biased towards the male gender. This shows that prejudice begins at an early age, and it is unknown whether it can be cured.
\nIn order to stop prejudice between the sexes, equality needs to start sooner, probably while a child is in pre-school. In simple books that parents read to their children with simple sentences like \u201cSee the dog, see the cat\u201d, the pictures supply a good example of the sentences. And this is where the prejudice begins, because the pictures show the gender roles and how each gender is supposed to act.
\nAlso, high school is a contributing factor to feed stereotypes and prejudice between the sexes. Males think they are predominate and girls feel insecure. It\u2019s disheartening to know that students would choose evaluate their male teachers higher than their female teachers because their gender, and not because of their teaching ability. It\u2019s also more saddening to know that male and female students would evaluate male physics teachers higher than female physics teachers, although biology and chemistry teachers, male and female, receive nearly the same evaluation. This shows that students believe that men are superior in the ways of physics.
\nPrejudice has decreased and hopefully in the (near) future, there will be difference between male and female roles and stereotypes extinct.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"19340951","body":"Some nice thoughts here, Bree. And it is sad. Proofread next time, OK?","dateCreated":"1264553486","smartDate":"Jan 26, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"MsFalk","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/MsFalk","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1250807416\/MsFalk-lg.jpg"}}],"more":0}]},{"id":"19315765","dateCreated":"1264527374","smartDate":"Jan 26, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"rook217","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/rook217","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/iolaniwomenlit.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/19315765"},"dateDigested":1532140561,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Gende Bias","description":"This article, in my opinion, is a direct result of our nations historical background. Back when scholars were on the rise they were all men. Men were always the mathematicians, physicists, and chemist while women seemed to have no role in these fields. This is not to say that there have not been successful women scientist over the course of history. In fact there have been many influential women in the scientific fields but how many of them do we know. When we think of scientist we usually jump to Newton or Einstein but never any women. This preset notion of what a scientist is, is why the biases are in place. Although female teachers may produce the same quality students as male teachers, to see them as a professor or teacher is unnatural in the eyes of today's society. For instance, all of the chemistry teachers at Iolani are female while all of the Physics teachers are male. From this and the fact that from the people I asked, Physics is preferred over Chemistry. I too prefer Physics over Chemistry, however, this is not because of my teachers. Overall, it would appear that male teachers are preferred over female teachers because that is what society is used too. In time though, the social norm can be changed to make women a more acceptable role in the scientific community.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[],"more":0}]},{"id":"19294963","dateCreated":"1264500496","smartDate":"Jan 26, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"maliama","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/maliama","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/iolaniwomenlit.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/19294963"},"dateDigested":1532140561,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"gender bias","description":"I think that there are more women who are openly feminists, than there are men who are, I think its machocists? Beacuse of this, i feel that some students are more likely to notice biasness in women more than men. i hear some students complain about being discriminated against beacuse of their gender when they get a bad grade. Some people are just not willing to admit that they temselveees are the reason for their bad grade. Although there may be some cases of biasness, I think there is no difference in the way that teachers prepare their students. I also do not belive that one gender is superior to the other in the science world. both genders have an equal opportunity for success. i feel that the obly way to move away from gender biasness is to stop looking at people by their sex. one way is to have codenames that are used for graded assignments so the teacher doesnt know whos work they are grading. only after all the grades are in would the teacher know what grade they gave to their students. this is a drastic measure and I bet that no one wants to go to these extremes. I think gender biasness is not enough of a problem to take these measures. only if there was gender biasness problems should teachers consider using this method. if I were included in this survey, I probably wouldnt notice any gender biasness. some students might just think that they are being discriminated against when they are not. hopefully teachers can move forward and learn to refrain from gender biasness and that students stop using it as an excuse for their bad grades.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"19341099","body":"Excellent ideas here, Malia. I don't understand the "masochist" reference early on, though. Remember to proofread and use proper grammar, OK?","dateCreated":"1264553653","smartDate":"Jan 26, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"MsFalk","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/MsFalk","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1250807416\/MsFalk-lg.jpg"}}],"more":0}]},{"id":"19294731","dateCreated":"1264498859","smartDate":"Jan 26, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"mahayash","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/mahayash","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/iolaniwomenlit.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/19294731"},"dateDigested":1532140561,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Biased","description":"The first recorded female scientist in history was Enheduanna, a high priestess of astronomy in ancient Babylon over 4000 years ago. Back then, the high priestess read the stars and told the people when to plant and when to sow, when to prepare for a storm and when to expect good weather. Her words were accepted despite her sex. Today, men stereotypically hold the position of scientist in life as well as many works of literature and media. Sons became doctors while daughters became nurses. Women were expected to take the lower position and quit when it was time to get married and raise a family. Teaching was an occupation more suited to women, except for the field of science, where it was more appropriate for a man to be teaching. However, based on practical experience with science teachers of both sexes, there seems to be no difference in the quality of education received, whether the teacher was male or female. Teaching styles may have differed, but that is typical of every teacher, despite the subject. There was no evidence of any difference between a male science teacher and a female science teacher any more than there would have been between a male and female English teacher. The stereotype, therefore, is in the mind of the general public. Older generations, especially those of different cultures, still hold true to the stereotype, but younger generations are slowly releasing the stereotype, teaching their daughters that they can be anything they want to be.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"19341167","body":"I learned something from you, Maaya! Thanks!","dateCreated":"1264553714","smartDate":"Jan 26, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"MsFalk","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/MsFalk","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1250807416\/MsFalk-lg.jpg"}}],"more":0}]},{"id":"19294289","dateCreated":"1264494660","smartDate":"Jan 26, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"mahina10","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/mahina10","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/iolaniwomenlit.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/19294289"},"dateDigested":1532140561,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"what's the difference ?","description":"After reading this article and also reading some of the other readers comments I found that I am not alone when I say that I was shocked or confused by what was written. In my opinion I really liked having both genders teach me science. I was lucky enough to have both males and a female teacher teach me throughout my high school years here at Iolani. Personally i didn't even notice a difference between the teachers. I still get the same kind of grades that I got since I started high school. I think that females and males may have different teaching methods but like the survey proved they have the same effects on how much the students learn. I think students revert back to thinking that the men are the discoverers and that then are the ones who go out and do things like hunt or fight and that the women stay home and take care and they only know as much as a man would know or less. I personally believe that a lot of times in the classes the women are the one helping the men learn. Therefore to me I found the article extra strange. while typing this I also thought of one difference that I found between female and male teachers. It was the fact that female teacher made sure that the students respected her and that they knew she wasn't playing around whereas the males teachers were more relaxed and told you if you learn you learn if you don't your fault . Therefore students with females payed attention and students with males had to pay attention or they would get left behind. In the end both ways students learned but it was just different teaching styles.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"19341255","body":"I agree with the teaching styles comment. Glad to know you read some others' comments! Remember to proof your writing!","dateCreated":"1264553824","smartDate":"Jan 26, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"MsFalk","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/MsFalk","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1250807416\/MsFalk-lg.jpg"}}],"more":0}]},{"id":"19294219","dateCreated":"1264494151","smartDate":"Jan 26, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"kananih92","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/kananih92","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/iolaniwomenlit.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/19294219"},"dateDigested":1532140562,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Biases","description":"While reading the article it was hard for me to comprehend that even in this modern era, such open and blatant biases are still placed among both genders, and in this case specifically teachers. In the past I have had the opportunity to become educated by both male and female professors. Not once have I even considered classifying an educators teaching ability based upon on their gender and specific subject they are held accountable for. Perhaps this bias comes from the idea that women excel in subjects that involve creativity while men are meant to be more knowledgeable in areas such as math and science. The fact that stereotypes continue to hinder individuals moral and mental growth is a poor reflection on our nation as a whole, especially when such a critical evaluation is produced from the mouths of our younger generations. My response may be considered harsh, but I honestly had no idea that such prejudices still existed which only reflects on my naivety as a woman. This article has opened my eyes and helped me to realize that our society still has a long way to go before a sense equality is instilled in the hearts and minds of others which is not affected by gender. Overall, I am disappointed. However, I do not believe that this bias will impede on the aspirations that women have to succeed in any career presented to them. If anything, we will persevere till our hard resolve breaks through these stereotypes and thus the public will finally accept us women as equals to men. I look forward to the day when the only perspective of a women consists of being independent, intellectual, and innovative.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[],"more":0}]},{"id":"19294151","dateCreated":"1264493298","smartDate":"Jan 26, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"KaylaNip","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/KaylaNip","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/iolaniwomenlit.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/19294151"},"dateDigested":1532140562,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Female Science Teacher Bias","description":"Although I can understand how there could be biases among the teachers in the science classroom, I personally refuse to think that there are justifiable reasons for these biases. Biases are the products of stereotypes that kids learn is the norm of society. Women seem to be more gentle and caring whereas men seem to be more forceful and unashamed. In this way, although a female teacher has the same teaching ability that equals that of a male teacher, each one\u2019s natural charismas lead students to perceive the appropriate stereotypes. Because of these inevitable stereotypes comes the issue of preference. If an individual wants a more straightforward and strong lecture, then they would definitely favor the male teacher. If another individual favors a gentler, slow approach to teaching science, then they would prefer a female teacher. Stereotypes come without saying with origins, in terms of the science world, dating way back in time. In the early years when many discoveries were not yet made, only men were able to attend colleges and get diplomas. Women were still entitled to the role of caring for their children and house. Once this role was an established way of living, it was a forever struggle for women to step out of this stump. I would have responded to this survey that it depends on how passionate the teacher was about the subject. I have had an insanely emotional male teacher talk about biology, but also a highly dedicated female talk about chemistry and I have enjoyed their teaching methods equally. To students, men seemingly have more superiority and effectiveness in the science world, but I argue that we human beings must find it in ourselves to recognize the changes in society regarding gender roles if we want to succeed in the highest way possible.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"19341359","body":"Nicely stated, Kayla!","dateCreated":"1264553935","smartDate":"Jan 26, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"MsFalk","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/MsFalk","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1250807416\/MsFalk-lg.jpg"}}],"more":0}]}],"more":true},"comments":[]},"http":{"code":200,"status":"OK"},"redirectUrl":null,"javascript":null,"notices":{"warning":[],"error":[],"info":[],"success":[]}}