Abstract:
I have divided this study of gender discrimination in education into four main areas. First, I relate my own story of my educational experience and some of the discrimination I noticed from it. Next, I examine some of the literature from the 1960s and 1970s when the women's movement was well underway and people began to notice some of the inequities present in education. This section will more specifically look at gendered curriculum, teachers paying more attention to male students, and gendered socialization. Then, I recount my experiences observing a first grade classroom for five weeks and what I noticed about the treatment of boys and girls in the classroom. Finally, I look at improvements in gender discrimination in the past 30 years, as well as offer some suggestions for improvement in the future.
