Which of the following gender biased actions are not to be involved in…

2024

Which of the following gender biased actions are not to be involved in educational practices? (a) Homogeneous grouping (b) Gender neutral content (c) Stereotyped occupation guidance (d) Teacher's prejudiced attitude Choose the correct code

  1. A.

    (a) and (b)

  2. B.

    (a), (c) and (d)

  3. C.

    (c) and (d)

  4. D.

    (a), (b) and (c)

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Correct answer: B

Educational-equity frameworks treat "gender bias" as any policy, grouping, or teacher behaviour that produces differential treatment on the basis of gender — for example, segregating students by gender, steering them toward gender-typed occupations, or holding prejudiced expectations of them. The universally recommended corrective response is the opposite of bias: content and pedagogy that is deliberately gender-neutral, so a bias-free classroom removes the biased practices while it keeps gender-neutral material — the two sit on opposite sides of the same ledger, not the same side.

Checking each listed action against this principle:

  • Homogeneous grouping — arranging students into single-gender groups reinforces separation along gender lines, so it counts as a biased practice that should not be used.

  • Gender-neutral content — presenting material free of gender stereotyping is the recommended remedy for bias, not an instance of it, so it should be retained rather than avoided.

  • Stereotyped occupation guidance — steering students toward "typically male" or "typically female" careers is a textbook case of gender-biased guidance and should not be used.

  • Teacher's prejudiced attitude — a teacher holding differential expectations of students based on their gender is itself a form of bias in practice and should not be used.

The set that is exclusive here is the one that removes homogeneous grouping, stereotyped guidance, and a prejudiced attitude while keeping gender-neutral content in classroom practice — every rival combination either drops one of the three genuine biases or wrongly discards the corrective, gender-neutral content.

Hence the practices that must not be part of educational practice are homogeneous grouping, stereotyped occupation guidance, and the teacher's prejudiced attitude — i.e. (a), (c) and (d).

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