Gender Role Stereotypes

The gender roles are definitely structured by the society. On the Wikipedia, there is an interesting study about the gender-role stereotype in education that many teachers believe. Many of them think that there is a gender difference in learning ability in a certain subject, such as mathematics. Those, who believe this gender-role stereotype, teach their students in a manner that is in relation to their beliefs on gender difference, using different teaching strategies or resources for boys and girls. However, the study result shows that the student performance more depends on other demographic differences than gender itself. As the primary socializing place in where children spend the most time when they grow up, school is the most influential
aspect in building the students’ behaviors, and teachers are the most powerful role model for children. Teachers’ perceptions and attitudes significantly affect and form the students’ beliefs. From this study, it can be seen that even teachers in school reinforce to maintain the gender-role stereotype even if they do not intend.