syllabus

COURSE 6: GENDER, SCHOOL AND SOCIETY

Course objectives:
At the end of the course, the student-teachers will be able to:
1. understand the concept of gender roles in society
2. explain the gender identity and socialization process
3. identify gender roles in textbooks and curriculum
4. discuss safety of girls and women at school, home and workplace
5. understand the representation of gender in various mass media.

Unit I Gender roles in society

Gender: Meaning and definition - Difference between gender and sex - Gender roles in society: family, caste, class, religion, culture, the media and popular culture, law and the state (film, advertisements, songs, etc) - Reasons for gender inequalities - Gender-just education outside school

settings.

(Suggested instructional approaches/ methods:

i) Seminar on reasons for gender inequalities.

ii) Discussion the roles of men and women family, caste, class, religion, culture, the media and popular culture, law and the state.)

Unit II Gender identity and socialization process
Gender identity and socialization practices in family, school and organization - Role of school, peers, teachers, curriculum and textbooks in challenging gender inequalities or reinforcing gender parity - Actual gender roles and responsibilities assigned in schools and classrooms – Measurement of gender identity - discrimination of gender in classroom interactions, rituals and school/ routines - Processes of disciplining techniques for boys and girls - Analysis of sex-roles stereotype.
(Suggested instructional approaches/ methods:
i) Presentation of a paper on gender roles based on the visit of
students in a school.
ii) Seminar on the processes of disciplining techniques for boys
and girls after visiting schools/ home.)

Unit III Gender and School Curriculum
Representation of gender roles in school textbooks and curricula - Role of schools in nurturing or challenging young people as masculine and feminine selves - Integration of gender roles in school and curriculum - Gender issues in diverse cultural constraints: Teacher’s role - Developing positive attitude towards opposite genders in schools - gender bias in education - Transgender: providing opportunities for education, employment and life skills - Developing school curriculum for gender equality.
(Suggested instructional approaches/ methods:
i) Student seminar on representation of gender roles in textbooks
and curriculam.
ii) Workshop on developing school curriculum for equality and
gender- just society.)

Unit IV Violence on Safety of Girls and Women
Safety of girls and women at school, home and workplace - Sexual abuse and violence: Role of education in preventing them - Meaning and concept of body objectification - Combating female body objectification: Role of teachers and parents.
(Suggested instructional approaches/ methods:
i) Brainstorming session on safety of girls at school, home and workplace.
ii) Teacher talk on role of teachers and parents in combating female body objectification.)

Unit V Mass Media and Gender
Gender roles in mass media – Gender stereotypes in mass media - gender identity roles - Positive notions of body and self - Gender in media: magazines, TV shows, cartoons, movies and advertisements - Gender equality and language use.
(Suggested instructional approaches/ methods:
i) Student seminar on gender stereotypes in mass media.
ii) Poster show presentation on gender in media.)
Tasks and Assignments:
1. Prepare a report on different roles of adolescents (boys and girls) in the
context of emerging society.
2. Prepare a report on child abuse/violation of girl’s rights by collecting
data from various media resources.

References:
1. NCERT. (2006). Gender Issues in Education. New Delhi: Publications Division.
2. Kosut, Mary. (2012). Encyclopedia of gender in media. New Delhi: Sage Publications.
3. Carole Brugeiles & Sylvie Cromer. (2009). Promoting gender equality through textbooks. Paris: UNESCO Publications Division.
4. Byerly, C. M. (2011). Global report on the status of women in the news media. Washington DC: International Women’s Media Foundation.
5. Fredrick Luic Aldama. (2005). Brown on brown: Chicapola representations of gender, sexuality, and ethnicity. University of Texas Press.
6. Hurlock, Elizabeth.B.(1974) Personality development. New Delhi: McGraw Hill Education.
7. Jayaraman, Chindai (2016). Understanding the schools. Chennai: Vinodh Publishers.
8. Kata Rousmaiere, Kari Dehli & Ning De Conink Smith. (2013). Disciplince, moral regulations and schooling: A social history. New York: Routledge.
9. Sharma.K.K & Punam Miglani. (2016). Gender, school and society. Patiala:Twenty first century publications.
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