女教师模式化教育阻碍男孩天性发展

女教师模式化教育阻碍男孩天性发展

 Women teachers are holding back boys by reprimanding them for typically male behaviour, according to a study out today.

They are reinforcing stereotypes² that boys are ‘silly’ in class, refuse to ‘sit nicely like the girls’ and are more likely to indulge in ‘schoolboy pranks’.

Women teachers may also unwittingly perpetuate³ low expectations of boys’ academic achievement and encourage girls to work harder by letting them think they are cleverer.

Schools should avoid dividing pupils into ability groups because the practice often results in girls dominating the higher-achieving tables, concluded the Kent University research.

The study of primary schools in the county suggests that under-performance among boys in most national exams could be linked to lower expectations.

The research mainly implicates⁴ women teachers, since nearly 90 per cent of primary school teachers are female. It warned that school staff find boys’ play, such as wielding⁵ toy guns, ‘particularly challenging and difficult’.

Boys are punished and urged to conform to a more feminine style of play instead of being taught how to play responsibly with their preferred toys.

Bonny Hartley, the study’s lead author, said: ‘By seven or eight years old, children of both genders⁶ believe that boys are less focused, able, and successful than girls – and think that adults endorse⁷ this stereotype¹. There are signs that these expectations have the potential to become self-fulfilling in influencing children’s actual conduct and achievement.’

根据今日发布的一项研究，女教师责备男孩的男性典型行为，从而阻碍了男孩的成长。

她们强化一些模式化观念，责备男孩在课堂上表现“愚蠢”，拒绝“像女孩一样乖乖坐着”，以及更喜欢搞“小学生恶作剧”。

女教师还可能在长时间内无意中对男孩的学业成绩期望值较低，让女孩认为自己更聪明，从而鼓励女孩更用功学习。

肯特大学的这一研究得出结论说，学校应该避免把学生按能力进行分组，因为这一行为经常导致女孩在成绩上以绝对优势居于前列。

对郡内小学的研究显示在大多数国考中男孩表现不佳可能和低期望值有关。

这一研究主要涉及女教师，因为近90%的小学教师是女性。研究警告说，教职人员认为像玩玩具枪这种男孩游戏“特别具有挑战性和难度”。

教师们惩罚男孩，驱使男孩进行一些更女性化的游戏，而不是教他们如何有责任感地玩他们喜欢的玩具。

该研究的主要作者伯尼?哈特利说：“到七八岁的时候，男孩和女孩都认为男孩不如女孩能集中注意力、能干以及成功，并认为成年人也认可这一模式。有迹象表明这些期望有可能内化并影响孩子的实际行为和成就。

1 stereotype   

n.固定的形象，陈规，老套，旧框框

参考例句：

• He's my stereotype of a schoolteacher.他是我心目中的典型教师。
• There's always been a stereotype about successful businessmen.人们对于成功商人一直都有一种固定印象。

2 stereotypes   

n.老套，模式化的见解，有老一套固定想法的人( stereotype的名词复数 )v.把…模式化，使成陈规( stereotype的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• Such jokes tend to reinforce racial stereotypes. 这样的笑话容易渲染种族偏见。
• It makes me sick to read over such stereotypes devoid of content. 这种空洞无物的八股调，我看了就讨厌。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

3 perpetuate   

v.使永存，使永记不忘

参考例句：

• This monument was built to perpetuate the memory of the national hero.这个纪念碑建造的意义在于纪念民族英雄永垂不朽。
• We must perpetuate the system.我们必须将此制度永久保持。

4 implicates   

n.牵涉，涉及（某人）( implicate的名词复数 )；表明（或意指）…是起因

参考例句：

• This confession implicates numerous officials in the bribery scandal. 这一供认会使许多官员牵连到受贿的丑事中。 来自辞典例句
• Did you tell him that the recording implicates President Logan in Palmer's assassination? 你有没有告诉他录音显示洛根总统跟帕尔默被杀有关？ 来自电影对白

5 wielding   

手持着使用（武器、工具等）( wield的现在分词 )； 具有； 运用（权力）； 施加（影响）

参考例句：

• The rebels were wielding sticks of dynamite. 叛乱分子舞动着棒状炸药。
• He is wielding a knife. 他在挥舞着一把刀。

6 genders   

n.性某些语言的（阳性、阴性和中性，不同的性有不同的词尾等）( gender的名词复数 )；性别；某些语言的（名词、代词和形容词）性的区分

参考例句：

• There are three genders in German: masculine, feminine and neuter. 德语中有叁性：阳性、阴性和中性。 来自辞典例句
• Japan was fourth among the genders of foreign students. 日本在二十个留美学生输送地中列第四位。 来自互联网

7 endorse   

vt.(支票、汇票等)背书，背署；批注；同意

参考例句：

• No one is foolish enough to endorse it.没有哪个人会傻得赞成它。
• I fully endorse your opinions on this subject.我完全拥护你对此课题的主张。