Gender issues in education

problems based on gender in education system

1. GENDER ISSUES IN EDUCATION

2. GENDER Gender is a social construct that impacts attitudes, roles and responsibilities and behavior patterns of boys and girls, men and women .

3. Increasing attention has been given to the importance of achieving gender equality in education .

4. GENDER BIAS Gender bias is preference toward one gender over the other. Gender bias occurs when people make assumptions regarding behaviors, abilities of others based upon their gender.

5. Gender bias in school enrollments Boys have to do work rather than attend school. Financial responsibilities.

6. Gender bias in dropouts The social barriers standing in the way of girls attending schools. Poverty Misconceptions limited benefits in educating girls. lack of women teachers. Supportive facilities .

7. Social attitudes towards girls education After marriage girls are part of another family. so educating girls are not necessary. Two types of parental and social attitude. Perfect altruistic perfect capitalistic

8. Unequal access to education Literacy Schooling Violence against women Disabled girls school availability

9. LITERACY Female literacy rate is lower than male literacy rate. compared to boys far fewer girls are enrolled in the school and many of them are drop out. low level of education significantly affect the health and nutritional status of women .

10. SCHOOLING In rural regions girls continue to be less educated than boys. chief barriers to female education are inadequate school facilities. Shortage of female teachers. gender bias in curriculum .

11. VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN sexual harassment and violence also continue to be major factors preventing girls education. sexual abuse

12. Gender concerns in education

13. SCHOOL AVAILABILITY unable to access primary education within 1km and upper primary school is not available with in 3km .

14. Text book and gender books attempt to mirror social realities. addresses contributions of men and women in adequate manner. it reflect heterogeneous identities of gaps in an inclusive manner .

15. Teaching and learning The methodology followed in delivering content related to various domains of knowledge not only promotes learning and understanding of but also overall personality of children .

16. HIDDEN CURRICULUM related to transmission of norms, values beliefs existing social and cultural ethos of society. Activities Use of language body language touch eye contact gestures addressing physical and emotional conflicts

17. CLASSROOM ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT promote healthy relationship between boys and girls. equal participation the classroom culture should built in a manner that interactions between boys and girls reflect mutual respect. use visual aids like women working in fields along with men.

18. CULTURAL ISSUES IN EDUCATION Issues refers to the conflicts, misinterpretations that take place in the classroom. Culture is a broad comprehensive concept that includes all the way of being. several components - values , behavior styles, language and dialects , non verbal communications etc..

19. I ndividuals , groups, and the surrounding environment are always changing. in every culture sub groups may form. Subgroups can differ by any of the components of culture ,including ethnicity, language, class, religion and geography.

20. All students are culturally diverse regardless of their ethnicity, race or socio economic status. multicultural and multilingual classrooms have become the norm in many educational settings due to changing immigration patterns caused by globalization. analyzing cultural issues can shed light on some of the unconscious process that shape individuals perception of reality as well as patterns of interaction.

21. The analysis of cultural issues may benefit teachers as well as learners by raising awareness of the hidden cultural assumptions and biases that they bring to the class room. In order to educate the future generations of our society effectively ,the education system must be successful teaching all children to communicate and interact with people from different backgrounds and different abilities.

22. Educators must find ways to offer an excellent education to all students regardless of their backgrounds. for culturally and linguistically diverse students, issues of diversity, difference and disability can be quite complex and challenging for classroom teachers.

23. Understanding the role that culture plays in the classroom is essential to effective teaching, learning and communicative interaction in general. designing programs for diverse audience is not an easy process. It involves linguistic translation although language is important. more over programs must be designed to be sustainable within the communities they seek to involve.