Jane Mitchell Harper Analysis

I choose to research Joan Mitchell because I did not know very much about her or the type of artist she is. Joan Mitchell is a second generation member of the abstract expressionist group and was a very well respected painter of her time. She was born on February 12, 1925 and died on October 30, 1992. Joan was born in Mitchell was born in Chicago Illumines however, most of her career took place in France and she was one of the eras few female painters. She was so well respected that her paintings and prints can be seen in major museums and collections across the United States and Europe. Her paintings often covered two separate panels. “An admirer of Vincent van Gogh's work, Mitchell observed in one of his final paintings – Wheatfield with Crows (1890) – the symbology of death, suicide, hopelessness, depression and darkness. With her sense that Wheatfield with Crows was a suicide note, she painted a painting called No Birds as a response and as an homage”. Joan was a painter who was influenced by many others and incorporated others ideas in her paintings. I think that this is one of the reasons why she is so well respected. Joan’s most notable awards were: “1991 Le Grand Prix des Arts (Peinture) of the

When you send your children off in the morning to go to school, no matter what grade they are in whither it be elementary, junior high, or senior high, you expect that they will receive the best education that they can get. They should be asked challenging questions, encouraged and called upon to participate in class, they should also be given as much help as they need to secede by the teacher. However, this is most commonly not the case. Parents and the children themselves are unaware of what is going on because gender bias is not a noisy problem. Most people are unaware of the secret sexist lessons that occur every day in classrooms across the country. In this essay I will use two essay's from the reader:

That’s where I become reluctant to recommend Deborah Tannen’s teaching strategy. Looking back on my public education experience I can think of a lot more exceptions to this description of how boys and girls use language differently than agreements. Again, I’m relying on personal experiences and I can of course also recall instances where men have dominated a classroom discussion. However, for me to say that all boys dominated girls during classroom discussions in Phoenix, AZ during the last stretch of the 20th century or that all girls are reluctant to speak publicly outside of the comfort of their peer group in Honolulu, HI during the beginning of the 21st century would be disingenuous and could probably be attributed to an expectancy bias.

The person whom I've decided to interview for this interview project is Julie. I have known her and her family for the majority of my life. So, I thought that she would be an excellent candidate for the project. Already being very comfortable with one another we could have a good informal interview after dinner one night, which is just what we did. She was born and raised here in Greeley, Colorado, in the United States; she is of mixed racial, ancestry, Mexican American and Caucasian, she is currently thirty-one year's old. The oldest of four daughters, and has been married to her husband for ten year's now, he is of Caucasian ancestry, they have no children themselves. Last year she was finally promoted to the general manager of a different

Maria Mitchell was born on August 1st, 1818 in Nantucket, Massachusetts.She was born one of nine children to Quaker parents. Her father helped her study astronomy in her free time. Her father saw Maria’s interest in astronomy and taught her how to use a telescope.

Her intention behind interviewing Leonard Sax for the interview was to provide teachers with the tools to better engage students based on their gender and as a result combat gender stereotypes in schools. The ideas presented would be easy to implement in the classroom, if the right balance of styles that work better for the different genders is found. However, while the techniques provided by Dr. Sax in the interview to help better engage boys and girls in schools would indeed be helpful, they are not helpful in reaching the goal to end gender stereotyping in education. By completely disregarding students who are transgender, gender queer, or gender non-binary, Dr. Sax and Angela Watson completely erase a community of students who exist in today’s schools. They also do not consider the issue that different learning styles do not always directly correlate to gender, and by suggesting they do are unknowingly contributing to gender stereotypes in

Jane Elliott, international famous teachers, lecturers, diversity coach, as well as the national mental health association outstanding awards winner, exposed the bias and prejudice, it is an irrational class system based on pure random factors. If you think that doesn't apply to you. ... You're in a rude awakening. In response to the assassination of Martin Luther King jr., 30 years ago, Jane Elliott designed the controversial blue eyes/brown eyes campaign. This is now famous, according to the participants' eye color, to refer to participants as inferior or outstanding, and to expose them to the experience of a few. Every person who touches on Jane Elliott's work, whether through lectures, seminars or video, has been dramatically affected.

McArdle says “We should start teaching them according to how they learn, not according to some idea that boys and girls have to learn the same way” (167). This could be a new possible system of teaching the two sexes differently without holding anyone back in the process. Male and female have different brain activity and also very different ways of learning. When it comes to teaching there needs to be a more specific study, to come with a more evolved teaching criteria. Lastly Conlin says “A new world has opened up for girls, but unless a symmetrical effort is made to help boys find their footing, it may turn out that it’s a lonely place to be. After all, it takes more than one gender to have a gender revolution” (179). Schools need to start taking responsibility for what goes on in schools and their teaching methods that are failing everyone especially

These two stories have something in comman witch is that both stories talk about how using to much electronics can mess up your posture. It can also affect your behavior.

Not just anyone has the patience or ability to teach boys or young men; it takes a special quality which select few have. I have attended an all-boys school since first grade, so all my teachers have had that uncommon trait. In order to better reach their young male audience, these teachers often opt to abandon the norms for so-called “correct” teaching styles in favor of more distinctive methods. Over the course of my academic career, I have been taught by a great number unique teachers.

In many cases the classroom reinforces gender stereotypes perpetuated by society. This can be found in the materials used for instruction,

A teacher is an important key element in the educational system as well as a role model. Some teachers hold traditional gender stereotypes about their students’ views of what is expected of them. Many children develop social

A bookshelf in the corner contains a few books and many small trinkets that she must have collected throughout the years. Framed photographs line the wall opposite of me. Some look very old and some I can see are more recent. One photograph in particular catches my eye. It is a portrait of a young man about twenty smiling smugly with a twinkle in his eyes. “Oh, that right there is my husband Charles. Quite handsome he was, a funny man too. I am sure if he was here now he would have quite a few jokes for you, and quite a few embarrassing stories about me,” she said with a hint of laughter in her voice. She continued on by asking me questions about me and what my plans are for my life. I answered her questions, telling her how I planned on going to college next year and about the career I was interested in one day having. She replied by saying, “That is wonderful, but I meant for living life. What is your plan? Careers aside, what do you really want to do? Where do you want to go, and what do you want to see?” I laughed and told her that I was here to interview her, not the other way around. Honestly, I do not think I could have answered her questions right then. I had not really put much thought into what I wanted out of life, other than to be happy. However, after talking for three hours with Roseanne, I could answer all of those questions in full detail. She inspired me in many ways and helped to spark my interest in a number of

Teachers also play a crucial role in the development of children’s lives. The way they run their classroom has a huge impact on how girls see themselves and how they perform in school. The way the teacher interacts with his/her female students is often different than interactions with male

Males and Females no matter the age face gender stereotypes everyday of their lives. As we are brought up we are taught to be our own individuals with our own ideas, but society tends to break that down. When we think about school, Gender Stereotyping doesn’t really come to mind, but if you think about it that’s where is all begins. In school, they have “dress code”, wear everyone falls under, meaning you can’t just wear whatever you want. Also, in schools when it comes to activities boys are pushed more to do outside activates compared to girls that do inside activities. Overall kids themselves start to separate themselves into two categories, boy with boys and girls with girls. Even though males and females are different, we should still take the time to teach kids that they aren’t put into two separate categories, but that they should be the person they want to be.