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Gender Project

Some of our MiddleWeb List members have expressed interest in designing a unit about "gender concerns" this summer. List co-moderator Deborah Bambino has agreed to take some leadership in organizing this effort.

Deb writes:

What are we trying to teach? I think we are exploring the ways that
gender affects learning and behavior so that we can adjust our teaching
accordingly. Is this your take? If you agree, our essential question might
be:

What impact does gender have on the way we learn and act?

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We'll attempt our on-line effort beginning on the 26th of July and work for two weeks until August 9th.

We've asked interested List members to help us in either or both of these areas:

(1) Ideas about effective methods we can use to conference on-line.

(2) Suggested resources for the discussion.

List manager John Norton is working with several List members to explore ways we might manage the discussion more effectively than our effort last summer. If you've done something like this on-line, please let us know!

Finally -- As we enter this dialogue, we'll be exploring some sensitive topics. Here's an article that we might all want to read as we search for ways to colloborate without rancor or ill-will:

The Magic of Dialogue
http://www.tsne.org/section/82.html
"The act of collaboration must start with dialogue," begins this article in The Nonprofit Quarterly (Fall 2001). "You cannot build relationships without having an understanding of your potential partners, and you cannot achieve that understanding without a special form of communication that goes beyond ordinary conversation."

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