Group Differences Forum-Gender

I really enjoyed completing my group differences forum and participating in the discussions today. I felt that it all went really well, and I learned a lot as well as had the opportunity to give my thoughts and opinions. Some of the points made and talked about have been addressed in my other classes, so I felt that most of us were able to bring many examples into the discussion. This helped me to see how gender, disabilities, and poverty could affect my classroom and the students in it. Being able to bounce ideas off of each other made our discussions meaningful and we were able to go more in depth. 

Focusing just on gender, I learned a lot from reading our article. It made me think about things that I had not previously thought about, like how we do not want to ignore gender just because we want a gender-free education. I liked having the opportunity to ask questions to get my peers' input on topics or statements that stood out to me. For example, should there be single sex classrooms according to subjects? If we were not cut short due to class time, I felt that our discussions could have gone on. 

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