GENDER BIAS, RESTORATIVE PRACTICE A Critical Reflective Analysis on the Implicit Gender Bias of Restorative Practice Megan Whitney Pennsylvania State University Problem Statement The purpose of this action research project is to determine how most teachers describe their disciplinary practice using an electronic multiple-choice survey to gather preliminary quantitative data. This survey will be created using the Restorative Practice’s social discipline window to define the four basic approaches to discipline: Punitive, neglectful, permissive, and restorative. I will then use the collected data to facilitate in-person surveys and interviews with 4 female teachers that identified themselves as permissive. I will use a ranking style survey apply the concept of individuation to evaluate on a scale of 1 – 10 how they define their unique characteristics. This data will then be the guide to the interview where I will gather the teacher’s personal narrative of an experience...