Lack on awareness

1. LACK ON AWARENESS
AND APPRECIATION ON
GENDER EQUALITY AND
GENDER ISSUES WITHIN
DEPED

2. What is Gender Equality in Teaching and Learning?
“Gender Equality” in teaching and learning refers
to boys and girls experiencing the same
advantages and disadvantages in attending
school, the same approaches in teaching
methods, gender neutral curricula, and
academic orientation, all of which aim to ensure
equal learning achievement and subsequent life
opportunities.

3. Operational Term used:
Gender Equality: is the process of
allocating resources, programs, and
decision making fairly to both males
and females without any discrimination
on the basis of sex.
Gender Inequality: females and males do
not have the same and equal education
and opportunities.

4. Gender Stereotype: is a generalized view or
preconception about attributes, or
characteristics that are ought to be possessed
by men and women or the roles that are
be performed by men and women.
Gender Equity: is the process of allocating
resources, programs and decision making
fairly to both males and females on the basis
of their needs and potentiality.

5. Significance of study
Why does Gender Equality important for Education
1. Gender inequality impacts the ability of learners to
access and participate in quality education.
2. Providing men and women equal access to
education is critical for breaking the cycle of
poverty.
3. Promoting gender equality is the same as having
good classroom management.
4. The best form of teaching is the most fair and
equal form of teaching.

6. Objectives of study:
1. Understand the importance of gender
equality in classroom situations.
2. Practice identifying gender bias in classroom.
3. Understand how to establish an equal
classroom learning environment.
4. Discuss classroom strategies to promote
gender equality.
5. Identify gender bias in classroom text or
materials.

7. Bias Students and Teachers Interaction
Some Issues and Challenges:
It is found that male class teacher often calls only
male students to answer the questions by standing
in one place at the front of the class and vis-à-vis.

8. Language used by Teacher:
Basically, the school teacher in most of the times
knowingly or unknowingly address the whole class
using masculine words like “He” where both boys and
girls are present.
Learning Materials:
School textbooks, contents, curricula, teaching and
learning materials are not completely free from
gender biases.

9. Classroom Arrangement:
It is common scenario that all the male students sit
together on one side of the class and all the female
students sit together on the other side.
It is common scenario that all the male students sit
together on one side of the class and all the female
students sit together on the other side.
Issue of Transgender:
If there is any transgender student present in the
classroom, teacher should address them equally.

10. Gender Study in Teacher Education:
They should be taught gender education in their
syllabus for concerning class teaching with effective
manner by balancing gender equality .
Policy Development and Interpretation:
The solution of all gender issues in education will be
possible to be implemented when proper step will be
taken through policy making.

11. 10 WAYS TO PROMOTE GENDER
EQUALITY IN THE CLASSROOM
1. Ensure educational materials are free from
gender stereotypes.
.
2. Challenge expectations of professions
typically associated with a particular gender.
3. Avoid the term ‘guys,’ which may make
female students feel excluded, use gender-
neutral pronouns like ‘everyone.’.

12. 4. Do not refer to stereotypical characteristics
like ‘boys don’t cry’ or ‘girls don’t fight’
which limits understanding of gender roles.
5. Address phrases like ‘you play like a girl’ or
‘man up,’ and point out the gender
implications of these statements and help
find alternative phrasing.
6. Explore gender concepts and roles from
different communities.

13. 7. Avoid segregating boys and girls into
separate lines, separate sports activities
and mix seating up in the classroom
8. Ensure any educational materials used
show genders in equal measure
9. Mix boys and girls to work on projects
together
10. Help students identify instances of gender
bias, through awareness activities or
historical events, laws and cultural changes

14. A gender-equal society would
be one where the word ‘gender’
does not exist: where everyone
can be themselves.
– Gloria Steinem

15. Thank you
for
listening!