Gender in the Classroom

Course code LERN 1900

Credit 0.0

Length 16.0 hours

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Discover why girls waste 30% of their study time, why boys get worse grades than girls, why boys do less homework than girls, and the 5 learning habits girls get in school that hurts them in the workplace.
Your female students learn differently than your male students. Discover how girls learn. Take away 10 top tips for helping girls learn more, and the 5 tips to help girls succeed more. Then discover how boys learn. Take away 10 top tips for helping boys learn more, and the 5 tips to help boys succeed more. Get info about research not available anywhere else.
This course is offered in partnership with Learning Education Resource Network - UGotClass. For more information see: http://yougotclass.org/index.cfm/VCC

Prerequisites

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What you will learn

  • The Brain and Gender Differences
    The brain and learning
    The female brain
    The male brain
    Summary of neurological and hormonal differences
  • Helping Girls Learn More
    How girls learn
    Classroom techniques and activities that help girls learn
    Helping girls with spatial skills and STEM
    The 10 strategies for helping girls learn more
  • Helping Boys Learn More
    How boys learn
    Classroom techniques and activities that help boys learn
    Helping boys with language skills
    The 10 strategies for helping boys learn more
  • Helping Both Girls and Boys Succeed More
    Helping girls succeed in the workplace
    Helping boys succeed with college
    Grading learning and knowledge
    Gender neutral grading

How to register

This course is offered as part of a VCC program only.

Course schedules

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Contact us

If you have any question, please email at advising@vcc.ca.

† This information is intended as a guideline only. Program and course details are subject to change with the approval of VCC's Board of Governors.

Indigenous Territory Acknowledgment

VCC is located on the traditional territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) peoples, and we acknowledge our privilege to be here.