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Introduction
In Hong Kong, almost every one of us have been in school, no matter kindergarten, primary and secondary school, and even one-fifth of teenagers nowadays go to university. ... We say that family is a place for social learning, and I think school is a much influential ground for us to be social constructed since we spend over eight hours in school everyday, but we do not spend as much time at home. (Let school=9hrs including 1 hr transportation time, home (sleeping)=8hrs, home (other activities)=7) By roughly calculation, we exercise actively in school for 8 hours and just 7 at home, i. ... Gender is the cultural expectation of a female or male should be. In a society, we often expect the people act or behave to his proper identity, and obviously it includes gender identity. ... I believe that male and female have their own gender characteristics since they are basically different biologically. But, there is a problem gender studies always concerns is stereotype, which means we impose one-sided, exaggerated views or perceptions on certain things or people, which may not the reality.
Stereotype in schools
Besides being used for the rule of resource allocation in the school, gender stereotype also becomes the ground for different requirement on two genders. ...
In Becky’s “Gendered Classroom Culture”, a Britain school, St Mark’s School pupils reported that their teachers declared that boys to be better in figures and girls better at languages, showing that traditional perceptions persist. This gender stereotype is persisting in teachers’ mind, so, we can predict that it will be continuously promoted. This will be done by perpetuating the gender divide in different subtle ways by the subtle teachers. ... But, not telling a lie, there are varieties and enormous cases in presenting stereotype in schools.
Stereotype inside the curriculum
The school curriculum put little emphasis on the body. ... It’s right to distinguish students by their ability or strength, but not the gender. ... People believe that female should be the homemaker and male should be the breadwinner so that they should have a preparation since their school time.
Approximate Word count = 1746
Approximate Pages = 7
(250 words per page double spaced)
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