In Supriya's class we had a debate around a research done in Australia called "Young gifted girls and boys: Perspectives through the lens of gender", by Libby Lee.
Such research is based on a survey made to 16 school teachers.
It was very interesting to see how most teachers considered that boys are usually better at Maths and science, while girls are depicted by those teachers as being naturally better at language.
While getting deeper into the reading the author points out the origin of such assumptions. In the case of girls, for instance, most teachers view them as more caring and pleasing the teachers, also more concerned about helping other students in the classroom. But, boys, on the other hand, were seen as more rebelled and willing to demonstrate their dissatisfaction with the lessons taught by the teachers. From those suppositions, the author explains how many teachers, unconsciously, consider children differently, depending on their gender.
If you are interested in the whole reading, here it is:
http://www.academia.edu/22965301/Young_Gifted_Girls_and_Boys_perspectives_through_the_lens_of_gender
And after the discussions we worked in trios inventing creative poems concerned with the issue of "gender". Below, there are some pics of us reading the poems and the written poems (to be posted soon). Ahhh, each group had the name of a planet..mine was "Jupiter" and I worked with Sharmila (India) and Ophilli (Zambia)...two true poets :).
The following are the poems we invented during the lesson...
IN THE AFTERNOON...
In our technology class, we learned how to create a "Podcast" (recording ourselves describing something) and began creating our owns, indeed. The process develops as follows:
a- Look up the information we want to include in the podcast. In this case each group had to create a podcast about a different Memorial.
b- Then we had to decide what to say and how to say it. At this stage we ended up writing a script (most did it in the form of dialogues, so as to make it more interesting).
c- Choose a song or sounds to include in the recording, in order to make the podcast more attractive.
d- Finally, we'll have to record our voices (as if we were part of a radio program). For that purpose we used the program "Audacity", which allows you to record your voice as well as to add sound effects.
Doing podcast is something great for students to practice their reading comprehension skills (for they have to select the important information before recording) as well as their speaking skill...
The challenging aspect is to limit our podcasts to only 1,5 mins :(
As a complementary activity, we can also add a video showing the places and events mentioned in the podcast .
In the following link you'll be able to watch and LISTEN the podcast I did with Noe (a fellow from El Salvadoor):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEjqJTrh8Dg&feature=youtu.be
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