The Effects of Gender Bias on Elementary School Children

Impact of gender bias on primary school students "This is a girl" or "This is a boy!" Is usually the first thing parents hear after a child is born. This simple factual description will lay the foundation for each exchange with their daughter and son and all the experience of the child's life. Gender identity - the personal experience of a woman or a male - is the center of human self recognition (Welker). The essence of this personal experience is greatly influenced by what is taught that we mean to be a girl or a boy.

In the research entitled "The Role of Classification Techniques in the Regulation of Environmental Impacts on Child Sex Stereotypes" in 1995, a simple organizing technique to distinguish children by sex in the elementary school class had a large impact on the sex recognition of children It showed that it was given. Development psychologist Dr. Christine Spears Brown explains in her excellent research, "Beyond pink and blue child rearing: a way to nurture children without gender stereotypes". The students conducted experiments. Half of the teachers were told to use gender to tag, classify and organize the classes. They have a pink girl bulletin board and a boys' blue bulletin board, each child's business card is written in pink or blue, the kids are always lined with boys - girls - boys - girls

Abstract This paper focuses on research to investigate sex and ethnic prejudice and sexual and ethnic identity in late childhood and early adolescence. Data was collected from 4th grade, 6th grade, 8th grade children of various elementary and middle schools. Ethnic groups represented are Caucasian / European American, African American, Latin American. Everyday diaries and personal interviews show that race, gender, and grade differences affect prejudice (Development Psychology, 2011)

In my field survey, children in primary school observed observing how to understand gender's role, especially in early childhood. I went to Hollingworth elementary school in West Covina, California. This is the school that I went among my elementary school. The school is just a 10-minute walk from my house in Los Angeles. I am most interested in first and second grade primary school students aged 6 to 8 years old. I looked at this perspective from a distant place and was a perfect observer. I went to school during lunch break and observed the children while taking a break. I only have notes and pens to write down what I have observed. I put myself in the flowerpot on the side of the "slow way" near the handball stadium. Before I started observing, I went to the principal's office to inform them about my research project. They are very comfortable and they tell me that they can observe children from afar.