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Events
| Finding Harmony in the Classroom: How Boys Learn, How Teachers Teach & How Social Policy Influences Both A Gender and Education Symposium with Keynote Address by Dr. Carol Gilligan |
| March 24, 2007 |
| University of Vermont |
| 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. |
Keynote speaker Dr. Carol Gilligan is considered a pioneer in social services. Her work sheds light on the subject of boys and school with new research suggesting that longstanding stereotypes about boys maybe blinding us to a problem that has less to do with how boys seem to be and more with how they really are, but are afraid to show.
This lecture focussed on boys’ educational and emotional development and also on constructive responses on the part of parents, teachers, and community leaders. Other Workshop components included:
| Best Practices in a Single Gender Education |
Cheryl Hanna, Esq., Vermont Law School |
| Examine the law regarding gender equality within education through exploration of Constitutional cases, Vermont state law as it governs gender equity, and the recent amendments to Title IX. |
| Neuroanatomy: How do male and female brains differ? |
Dr. Cynthia Forehand, University of Vermont |
| This workshop focussed on structural differences in male and female brains at the cellular level. |
| Boys and Girls in the Early Years: Parents, Teachers, and the Problems of Sex Differences |
Lawrence G. Shelton, Ph.D., University of Vermont |
| How are boys and girls different, and how do parents and teachers respond to those differences? |
| No Pain, No Gain: Therapeutic Strategies for Boys |
Raymond Chin, Ph.D., Deer Creek Psychological Assoc. |
| Understanding violence in the home and community, violent media and videogames, hormones, brain differences and incorporating them into therapy with boys. Chin demonstrated the strategies that resonate with boys. |
| Not a child, not an adult: The dynamic adolescent brain |
Craig Bennett, Dartmouth College |
| Participants reviewed together current scientific evidence detailing how the adolescent brain is changing and then examined these findings to explore what can be seen in everyday adolescent behavior. |
| Where are the boys? What is happening to them and why should we care? |
David Landers, Ph.D, St Michael's College |
| Participants explored "what is happening to our boys" and why we need to take action now. |
| Packaging Girlhood: Media Effects on Girls |
Sharon Lamb, Ed.D, St. Michael’s College |
| Participants e xplored the effects violence in the media has on girl’s sexual development, moral development through abuse and victimization. |
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