ODD GIRL OUT (11 CE)

Course overview

There is little sugar but lots of spice in journalist Rachel Simmons’s brave and brilliant book that skewers the stereotype of girls as the kinder, gentler gender. This book offers innovative ideas for changing the dynamics of the classroom, sample dialogues for talking to daughters, and exercises for girls and their friends to explore and resolve messy feelings and conflicts head-on. Learning objectives: 1. Learn about girls' nonphysical aggression and how it is expressed in the adolescent female population. 2. Understand the causes and consequences of girls' nonphysical aggression. 3. Learn practical ways to deal with girls' aggression at home and in schools. 4. Learn about programs at the public policy level that address childhood and adolescent aggression. 5. Practice healthy ways to express anger that can lead to improved interpersonal relationships.