This is a video of my peer teaching presentation for Sex and
Gender studies in Sociology. My presentation explains how gender roles are
created by society through many aspects of social life including; family,
education and media. The presentation is a brief overview of Gender Roles,
although there is a lot more involved in the creation of these. I also include
a psychological view of how behaviour can be taught through conditioning.
To make
my presentation more interactive I created a test for my peers using The
Bechdel Test (http://bechdeltest.com/).
The test involves movies that have to meet a certain criteria to pass - this
illustrates a gender bias. I recommend you have a look at this test as some of
the results can be quite surprising. Another way to try and make my
presentation more interactive was the use of music. The music I chose is I’m Just a Girl by No Doubt. The lyrics
of the song describe a girl who is sick and tired of being forced into the Gender
Roles her society is imposing on her. Check it out here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHzOOQfhPFg
My reflection
I feel I delivered my presentation well, although I could have
done with having more notes to read off rather than reading from the slides as
this would have allowed me to engage the audience more. My voice is clear and
loud so the audience can hear me over the music played. If the presentation was
to be repeated I would attempt to not move my hands so much, as it shows my
nervousness and may distract the audience from focusing on the slides.
Bechdel, A. (n.d.) The
Bechdel Test. [online] Available: http://bechdeltest.com/
[accessed 23rd November 2014].
