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Human Diversity in Education Book Cover
Human Diversity in Education: An Integrative Approach, 4/e
Kenneth H. Cushner, Kent State University, Kent
Averil McClelland, Kent State University, Kent
Philip Safford, Case Western Reserve University
Developing a Collaborative Classroom: Gender and Sexual Orientation

Focus Questions





1

If you were buying clothes for a newborn, how would you select the color?
2

What do you think about girls who often use vulgar language? How about boys who do?
3

If you were babysitting for a three-year-old boy whose favorite toys were dolls, what might you do?
4

How might you feel if your favorite cousin-or your sister-suddenly declared that she was a lesbian?
5

In school, would you rather work closely with others-in pairs or small groups-or work by yourself?
6

Has anyone (parent, friend, guidance counselor) ever told you that certain subjects were not "suitable" for you because of your gender?
7

What do you think about the increasing number of males who are nurses? What about females who work construction?








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