Sadker/Zittleman, Teachers, Schools, and Society: A Brief Introduction to Education. © 2007 by The McGraw-Hill Companies. All rights reserved. 5.0 THE STRUGGLE FOR EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY Teachers, Schools, and Society A Brief Introduction to Education David Miller Sadker Karen R. Zittleman Chapter 5

Sadker/Zittleman, Teachers, Schools, and Society: A Brief Introduction to Education. © 2007 by The McGraw-Hill Companies. All rights reserved. 5.1 DIVERSITY AND EDUCATION Group Key Points Student Generated Responses African Americans Arab Americans Asian/Pacific Americans European Americans Hispanics Native Americans Other(s)

Sadker/Zittleman, Teachers, Schools, and Society: A Brief Introduction to Education. © 2007 by The McGraw-Hill Companies. All rights reserved. 5.2 PERCENTAGE OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDENTS IN HYPER-SEGREGATED SCHOOLS Source: Deepening Segregation in Americas Public Schools, April 1997, Harvard Project on School Desegregation. Data not available

Sadker/Zittleman, Teachers, Schools, and Society: A Brief Introduction to Education. © 2007 by The McGraw-Hill Companies. All rights reserved. 5.3 U.S. HISPANIC SUBGROUPS Source: The Hispanic Population in the United States, U.S Census Bureau, March 2002.

Sadker/Zittleman, Teachers, Schools, and Society: A Brief Introduction to Education. © 2007 by The McGraw-Hill Companies. All rights reserved. 5.4 CLASSROOM TIPS FOR NONSEXIST, NONRACIST TEACHING Classroom Organization Segregation Mobility Cooperative education Displays Others? Cultural Cues Eye contact Touching and personal space Teacher-family relationships Others? Interaction Strategies Calling on and questioning students Wait time 1 Wait time 2 Assigning tasks Discipline Others?

Sadker/Zittleman, Teachers, Schools, and Society: A Brief Introduction to Education. © 2007 by The McGraw-Hill Companies. All rights reserved. 5.5 COST OF SEXISM IN SCHOOLS Females Males Student Generated Responses Academic Psychological and Physical Career and Family