When teaching objects avoid gender-stereotyped objects
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- Topics that are best avoided include make-up and sports.
- Note that, especially if you are a male teacher with mostly/all male students, "assignments and teaching examples often embed male-dominated interests and activities, such as sports statistics and card and number tricks." Often, there’s "little in computer science instructional material" that intentionally attracts students with other interests. (Margolis 37).
- If you’re unsure of good objects to teach with, ask your students for suggestions.
- Get good suggestions by saying, "Give me something you want to describe." Then ask, "How would you describe the properties of this thing?"
- This is also a good way to get a class involved in the lesson.