Discussion
Selecting and presenting stories and clippings from newspaper that portray both men and women in non-traditional roles is an effective strategy to
Answer: D
The strategy helps to counter gender stereotypes.
Stories and newspaper clippings that show women as pilots or scientists and men as nurses or homemakers challenge the fixed ideas children absorb about what men and women can do. Seeing such examples widens their sense of possible roles and is a recommended practice for gender-sensitive classrooms.
It does the opposite of promoting gender bias or encouraging stereotypical roles. Gender constancy is a stage in a child's development, the understanding that one's sex stays the same over time and situations; classroom materials are not meant to promote it, and non-traditional roles are not about it.
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