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In 2005, Molly MacGregor, executive director and co-founder of the National Women’s History Project, was asked what she felt worked in terms of fostering gender equity in the classroom. MacGregor answered, “The teacher is key-his or her attitude and knowledge is pivotal” (Hahn, et al., 2007, p. 348).
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Monaghan, M., Hartigan, B.F. (2012). Gender Equity in the Classroom. In: Supervising Student Teachers. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-095-8_8
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