Gender Stereotypes in Education
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0Student’s Name, Student NumberImpact of Gender Stereotype on EducationName of the StudentName of the UniversityAuthor’s Note
1Student’s Name, Student NumberIntroductionStereotype is a group based psychological phenomenon. This can be considered as theideology held by the individuals within a particular group regarding to the characteristics ofother similar or dissimilar groups. The members of a particular group commonly hold thestereotypic idea, which is again specific to a particular group of people (Spencer, Logel andDavies, 2016). For instance, one of the dominating stereotype prevailed around the world isthat women lack expertise in driving. The male segment of many societies around the worldcommonly holds this stereotypic idea. Stereotype again can be both positive and negative,which means that the idea commonly held by the particular group of people can eitherappreciate or discriminate a specific group in specific field. The above-mentioned examplecan be considered as a negative idea possessed by the male group in the society, where thewomen are discriminated against their driving skills. An example of positive stereotype isthat the Asians are studious and perform well in schools. Conception perceived in stereotypeis generalised for a particular segment of society. In other words, the group posses the ideageneralises the characteristics and relate it to the larger section of the group that is found onlyin a few members of that particular type. Moreover, stereotypic ideas can or cannot holdtruth. This means that the idea held by a particular group may or may not be true, dependingon the stereotypic characteristic reflected by the proposed group.Koenig and Eagly (2014) mentioned in their studies that stereotypic idea couldformulate regarding various elements in the society and have various impacts on theparticular group that is being stereotyped. The stereotypes that are commonly identified are ofnegative aspects and have adverse impact on the referred group. The most commonstereotypes that is prevalent in the racial or cultural stereotypes and gender stereotypes, whichhave adverse psychological impact on the group being stereotyped. This study will focus onthe gender stereotyping that can be evidenced almost in every corner of the world in one way
2Student’s Name, Student Numberor another. Moreover, this will be related to the educational practice and identify the commonstereotypes made in the educational system basing on the gender of the individual involved.This will lastly identify the stereotypic activity conducted and their impact on the group beingstereotyped. This will help understanding the reason behind the formulation of stereotypicidea and is nature of its impact on the group.Group and Stereotype: A theoretical BackgroundStereotype as defined by Spencer, Logel and Davies (2016) is a commonly heldnotion by one or multiple group of people regarding any particular group of people. Thenotation can be based on anything ranges from a characteristics to an activity performed bythe group being stereotyped. This is not always necessary that a particular stereotype willhave reality or actuality. A stereotype mostly is the false notion perceived by a group ofindividuals. Giddens et al. (2016) on the other hand focused on describing a group anddefined it as a collection of individual sharing common interest and notions. The theory ofself-categorisation on the other hand provides insights on the circumstances that help thepeople connecting with each other. The theory as explained by von Sivers et al. (2014)describes the circumstances, under which the individual perceive themselves as a part of anyparticular group. My understanding of the theory is that the people are connected with agroup for particular interest created by the circumstances in their surrounding environement.These circumstances give birth to the interest that brings the members together.Stok et al.(2014) further argued that the members of a group shares common thinking pattern. Theauthors defined group with the theory of groupthink. The theory addresses the thinking patterof a group. According to the theory, thinking is a phenomenon. A group is composition ofindividuals who get together and start collective thinking as one single mind (Stok et al,2014). The group makes effort to come to one conclusion, which satisfies the need of itsmembers and unity of the group is upheld with maximum priority regardless of their
3Student’s Name, Student Numbersituation, alternatives and options. My understanding of group is different from the authors asthe thinking pattern in a group is not similar in every individual, which give birth to the groupconflict. Variation in thinking pattern can be attributed to these conflicts. Authors need tospecify the concept of group thinking to the particular field of interest. This means, themembers of the group showing interest in the similar field uphold similar thinking pattern forthe specific area and not the whole. Hence, it is observable that stereotypic notion will beheld by every single individual of the group similarly and will be common in nature. This isdue to the common thinking pattern regarding the concept shared by the member of a group.Social comparison theory on the other identifies the determinants of one’s social andpersonal worth. Hanus and Fox (2015) in the explanation of social comparison, theorycommunicates that individual tends to determine his or her social and personal worthdepending on how perceive themselves. In other words, one evaluates the position of oneselfwith a number of variables over domains for indentifying their position in the society. Theresults of evaluation help them in outing themselves in particular groups that satisfies theirneed. The determinants on the other hand help the individual deciding their desire ofcategorising or raising their position in the society. Feinsteinet al (2013) argued that thishave considerable impact in psychological development of the individual. People tends todevelop their personality and other related factors like wealth, success, skills etc. according tothe perception held by others for gaining social acceptance. The author further related socialcomparison theory with the impacts of stereotyping. Stereotyping of a particular group hasadverse effect on the members of that particular group. However, they further pointed out thatthe adverse effects of stereotyping are related to the kind of stereotyping being conducted. Asmentioned in the earlier section of the essay, stereotyping can be either positive or negative innature. The stereotypes that are commonly considered in the society are the negative onesthat have adverse impact on the individuals being stereotyped due to the need of resolving the
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