Teaching with and For Gender Equity
Format
Workshop
First Presenter's Institution
Katie
First Presenter’s Email Address
katiedineen@princetonk12.org
First Presenter's Brief Biography
Katie is a social studies teacher at Princeton Public Schools in New Jersey, ambassador for the New-York Historical Society’s Women and the American Story Curriculum, and adjunct professor at the University at Buffalo, where she is remotely pursuing an EdD in Curriculum and Instruction. This semester, she is piloting a course on Gender and Education, informed by her classroom experience and research background in Educational Psychology. Equity and abolitionist pedagogy is at the center of her practice, professional development, and post-graduate work.
Location
Session Eight Breakouts (Scarbrough 4)
Strand #1
Head: Academic Achievement & Leadership
Strand #2
Heart: Social & Emotional Skills
Relevance
Equity should be at the heart of social studies curricula to draw all young people toward civic engagement, social justice, and community action. However, women - especially women of color - and gender non-conforming people are underrepresented in social studies curricula. This oversight has led many young people to underestimate their potential for academic excellence or to feel disempowered in and outside of their school communities. Equitable gender representation in social studies curricula may be the first step in bridging opportunity gaps in education and society at-large.
Brief Program Description
In this workshop, humanities educators will learn how to integrate primary sources, life stories, essays, and learning activities that center women’s voices, contributions, and experiences in their curricula and classrooms. Educators will pair provided resources to be meaningfully incorporated into existing humanities curricula, aiming to support students in recognizing their own agency, valuing diversity, and appreciating difference.
Summary
This workshop aims to put lessons and materials that center women's narratives in the hands of practicing teachers for immediate use.
Women and the American Story (WAMS) is the flagship education initiative of the New-York Historical Society’s Center for Women’s History. This free curriculum project provides teachers, students, and the curious individual with information about the myriad and often critical roles women played in shaping United States history. WAMS has been designed for maximum flexibility to support humanities curricula in diverse schools, with the aim of supporting all students in recognizing their agency, valuing diversity, and appreciating difference.
After exploring the WAMS curriculum through a US History, World History, and/or English Language Arts lens, educators will individually explore and pair resources for use in an existing lesson, learning segment, or unit that they teach. Individually, Educators will consider how the pieces they chose "speak" to one another, what they signify about women’s experiences - past and present, and how they might engage or interest students. In small groups, educators will share their resources and considerations. Together, we will reflect on our new understandings of women’s representation in the humanities and their significance to our practice and our students.
Evidence
Please see a link to a paper I've written on gender inequities in history education: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1svr6DrJ0EukFGIK7c32XVWsQY8YRqjtyhkfbq8Z-8fg/edit?usp=sharing for research
Learning Objective 1
navigate WAMS curriculum resources.
Learning Objective 2
meaningfully pair WAMS curriculum resources for classroom integration.
Learning Objective 3
use WAMS curriculum resources in their practice.
Keyword Descriptors
women, history, gender equity, representation, curriculum, methods
Presentation Year
2023
Start Date
3-8-2023 9:45 AM
End Date
3-8-2023 11:00 AM
Recommended Citation
Dineen, Katie, "Teaching with and For Gender Equity" (2023). National Youth Advocacy and Resilience Conference. 22.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/nyar_savannah/2023/2023/22
Teaching with and For Gender Equity
Session Eight Breakouts (Scarbrough 4)
In this workshop, humanities educators will learn how to integrate primary sources, life stories, essays, and learning activities that center women’s voices, contributions, and experiences in their curricula and classrooms. Educators will pair provided resources to be meaningfully incorporated into existing humanities curricula, aiming to support students in recognizing their own agency, valuing diversity, and appreciating difference.
