The purpose of this article is to highlight the important role that gender plays in organizing and affecting the quality of the classroom climate. We review research showing how students’ peer relationships tend to be segregated by gender and discuss the consequences of children spending much of their time almost exclusively with same-gender peers, which perpetuates and exaggerates gender segregation. We suggest that a more beneficial pattern is enhancing students’ exposure to other-gender peers—that is, promoting gender integration. We describe the theories that support the benefits of integrating across social groups. Next, we review methods and results of strategies we have used to promote integration. Finally, we draw attention to the issues about gender integration that require further consideration and argue for more research that can help guide the development of effective strategies that build more inclusive environments, practices, and policies for today’s children and youth.

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性别融合与促进包容性课堂环境

本文的目的是强调性别在组织和影响课堂气氛质量中所起的重要作用。我们回顾研究表明学生的同龄人之间的关系倾向于按性别隔离，并讨论儿童大部分时间几乎完全与同性同龄人一起度过的后果，这种现象加剧并加剧了性别隔离。我们建议一种更有益的模式是增加学生与其他性别同龄人的接触-即促进性别融合。我们描述了支持跨社会群体整合的好处的理论。接下来，我们回顾用于促进整合的方法和策略的结果。最后，