The Dominance of Gender in Classroom Discussion

Abstract

This work deals with gender dominance in classroom discussion, in the way male and female students take turns and participate in a mixed-gender classroom. The main aim of this study is to find the role of gender in Algerian scientific classroom participation. The present study was conducted in the second semester 2021/2022 academic year at Aflah Ibn Abdelwahab secondary school in Tiaret. This study is done with four teachers and one-hundred students. This work adopts a mixed method including classroom observation and questionnaire sent to both students and teachers, there is a scientific questions have prompted this study which are: there is a dominant party in classroom discussion, who are the most dominant in classroom, boys or girls, what are the reasons behind each dominance party to answer the above research questions, the following hypothesis are proposed: there is a controlling part in classroom discussion, the most dominant participant in the classroom are girls, the reasons are related to the family, society and motivation. The result revealed that female students interact more than boys during the foreign language section, while male students participate less.