Raising And Educating Healthy Boys Summary
Content Review Week Four
Ernestine Brodie
Walden University
Consider the following quotes from "Raising and Educating Healthy Boys: A Report on the Growing Crisis is Boys' Education" (pp. 2–3):
"We need to start addressing issues of gender socialization of boys and girls at the preschool level. At stake is the full potential of each individual child's cognitive, social, and emotional development."
"Ideas about how boys and girls are 'supposed to be' are planted early. The messages boys receive about what it means to be male in this society are connected to their social emotional and academic development. If we focus on boys' school experience early on, we will improve education for all children."
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At stake is the full potential of each individual child’s cognitive, social, and emotional development. Although I do believe that gender socialization does have an impact on the individual child’s cognitive, social, and emotional development, I think there are other issues that children face that play just as big of a stake in their full potential as well. However, I do feel that if this issue is to be addressed it does need to take place during the preschool years. This is because children are the most impressionable when they are young. According to Ramsey (2015) in the lives and minds of most children, gender differences are alive and well and very important (p. 136). Children identify and develop their ideas about gender from their surroundings. If preschool teachers are to address these issues then they must begin implementing strategies within the classroom to try and bring about the change. In the text a kindergarten class took measures to use strategies in the classroom by merging the block and role-play areas (Ramsey, 2015, p. 138). However, the concept of mix-gender groups was somewhat successful, but gender power differentials persisted. I believe that it was a step but I know that it’s going to take more to try and recreate the mindset of generations of what a boy or girl is supposed to do and …show more content…
But according to the text, children as young as kindergarteners demonstrated a fairly sophisticated understanding of gay and lesbian relationships and other family constellations that different from the typical heterosexual nuclear family (p. 145). Maybe challenging the way children think about gender and sexual orientation can help in their child development. I think by not underestimating the understanding of children’s views on sexual orientation can help me work more effectively with young children and their families. Because our society and families have become so diverse even with sexual orientation, I believe it will be important to plan curriculum that can emphasize those differences as well. Just as stated in the text this will be important and inclusive since all children live with people who regardless of the situation or the individuals involved, function as a family (Ramsey, 2015, p.
Ernestine Brodie
Walden University
Consider the following quotes from "Raising and Educating Healthy Boys: A Report on the Growing Crisis is Boys' Education" (pp. 2–3):
"We need to start addressing issues of gender socialization of boys and girls at the preschool level. At stake is the full potential of each individual child's cognitive, social, and emotional development."
"Ideas about how boys and girls are 'supposed to be' are planted early. The messages boys receive about what it means to be male in this society are connected to their social emotional and academic development. If we focus on boys' school experience early on, we will improve education for all children."
Drawing on what you learned …show more content…
At stake is the full potential of each individual child’s cognitive, social, and emotional development. Although I do believe that gender socialization does have an impact on the individual child’s cognitive, social, and emotional development, I think there are other issues that children face that play just as big of a stake in their full potential as well. However, I do feel that if this issue is to be addressed it does need to take place during the preschool years. This is because children are the most impressionable when they are young. According to Ramsey (2015) in the lives and minds of most children, gender differences are alive and well and very important (p. 136). Children identify and develop their ideas about gender from their surroundings. If preschool teachers are to address these issues then they must begin implementing strategies within the classroom to try and bring about the change. In the text a kindergarten class took measures to use strategies in the classroom by merging the block and role-play areas (Ramsey, 2015, p. 138). However, the concept of mix-gender groups was somewhat successful, but gender power differentials persisted. I believe that it was a step but I know that it’s going to take more to try and recreate the mindset of generations of what a boy or girl is supposed to do and …show more content…
But according to the text, children as young as kindergarteners demonstrated a fairly sophisticated understanding of gay and lesbian relationships and other family constellations that different from the typical heterosexual nuclear family (p. 145). Maybe challenging the way children think about gender and sexual orientation can help in their child development. I think by not underestimating the understanding of children’s views on sexual orientation can help me work more effectively with young children and their families. Because our society and families have become so diverse even with sexual orientation, I believe it will be important to plan curriculum that can emphasize those differences as well. Just as stated in the text this will be important and inclusive since all children live with people who regardless of the situation or the individuals involved, function as a family (Ramsey, 2015, p.