Resisting Gender-Binding in the Middle School.

McCracken, Nancy Mellin; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ540765

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1996

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Resisting Gender-Binding in the Middle School.

McCracken, Nancy Mellin; And Others

Voices from the Middle, v3 n1 p4-10 Feb 1996

Describes the classrooms of two middle-school science teachers, reporting what they have noted regarding gender issues in the classroom, and describing strategies they find to be effective in helping girls--and boys--resist the negative effects of gender-binding in the middle school years. Discusses gender issues in language arts and what can be done. (SR)

Descriptors: Adolescents, Case Studies, Females, Intermediate Grades, Junior High Schools, Language Arts, Middle Schools, Science Instruction, Sex Bias, Sex Fairness, Sex Stereotypes, Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Behavior, Teacher Student Relationship

Publication Type: Reports - Evaluative; Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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Note: Published by the National Council of Teachers of English, 1111 W. Kenyon Road, Urbana, Illinois 61801-1096.