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Several television commercials depict men and women in stereotypical roles. How should a teacher discuss this issue in her classroom?

A.
She should encourage students to accept statements made in television commercials at face value.
B.
She should encourage students to analyze it critically and arrive at a reasoned decision.
C.
She should encourage students to reach conclusion on the basis of given facts in the commercial.
D.
She should encourage students to imitate the behaviour of men and women shown in the commercials.

Solution:

Stereotypes are anything that categorizes a large group of people into having one or many characteristics that may or may not actually be representative of who they are. It is a œquick and easy way of labeling or categorizing the world around us and making it understandable. Stereotype thoughts can be eliminated from the life of the students as:If the teacher helps the student to think about each condition critically.If the students analyze the situations and then move forward toward the conclusion.If they live in unity, engaged in teamwork, group discussion.If the learning of the student is done in an inclusive education classroom.so that option (2) is the correct answer.Hint The teacher should never encourage the student to accept someone's face value, without analyzing it.The teacher should not encourage the students to reach direct collusion without knowing about the situation.The teacher should never promote the student to imitate in a stereotype behaviorsThat's why all other options are irrelevant except option (2).Additional Information ?There are many negative impacts of stereotypes thoughts in the life of school children are-They become gender-biased.they start to judge people by their wealth, race, etc.Stereotype thoughts impact the performance of the children.This type of thought interferes with the learning of the children also.

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