大学课件综合英语1 PPT课件UNIT6 TOWARDS A GENDER FREE .ppt

Unit 6Towards a Gender Free Society Teaching Procedure Pre-reading questions Background information Structure analysis Language points of Text I Exercises Homework Group discussion Are there any boys/girls schools in your city? Do you know any single sex school? What is the first coeducation university in China? 三江师范学堂（1902-1906） 两江师范学堂（1906-1914） 国立南京高等师范 1921 when did Peking University first enroll female students? 1) the disadvantages of single sex school. Only accessible to segment knowledge Interfere with individual freedom Kill the possibility for youth’s growth and development Lead to the fragmentation of knowledge and unwholeness of individual identity Sever/cut off a sense of community Little chance to communicate Hold distorted image of each other Supporters of single-sex education removed from the social pressures and sexual biases inherent to mixed-sex environments the very different ways that the brain functions and develops in boys and girls (particularly in terms of language, spatial relations, and emotions) in making the case for single-sex schools 2) advantages or benefits of coeducation given opportunities to know each other, to learn from each other, and to compete with each other. treated on an equal footing. They can help and care for each. “With the full spectrum of experience offered, life is an open possibility for man as well as woman.” I. Pre-reading Question: What is the aim of education? To stimulate impulses, encourage free thinking and boldness in thought and keep alive various interests. II. Background information Deductive and Inductive Sex and Gender single sex schools Deductive Word discriminating Sex: 1) the state of being male or female 2)Person or animal : their characteristic of being male or female 3)The male or female nature of a person, animal or plant ( LONGMAN) Gender: (fml) the fact of being male or female In grammar, the gender of a noun, pronoun, or adjective is whether it