A Critique of the Proposed National Education Policy Reform
Gender Bias in Education - Curriculum, Textbooks & Management
1. MOUNT TABOR TRAINING COLLEGE
PATHANAPURAM
TOPIC : GENDER BIAS IN EDUCATIONAL
INSTITUTIONS,CURRICULUM,TEXT BOOK AND
MANAGEMENT
SUBMITTED TO, SUBMITTED BY ,
DR. GEORGE VARGHESE SREELAKSHMI.C
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR B Ed PHYSICAL
MTTC SCIENCE
2. NAME : SREELAKSHMI.C
OPTINAL : PHYSICAL SCIENCE
REG NO : 18219303018
TITLE OF THE PAPER :
EDU -12 : LEARNER IN THE EDUCATIONAL
PERSPECTIVE
3. GENDER BIAS
Gender bias is the tendency to prefer one gender over
another.
Assumption of one gender is of higher power than
other gender.
Unequal treatment of men and women because of the
gender.
4. Gender bias in educational
institution
Girl have been discriminated against in terms of
various aspects to their male counter parts.
Boys get more attention and participation in class
room activities , sports compared to girls students.
Girls get less participation opportunities compared to
boys.
Teachers should provide equal opportunities to girls
and boys.
5. Gender bias in curriculum
Curriculum does not include subject of specific Gender.
The curriculum does not encourage or support any
genders.
Mathematics and science are considered as male oriented
and humanities and language consider as
female oriented subjects.
Equal opportunities to both genders are not promise in
physical education.
Revise textbook and learning materials to become gender
sensitive.
6. Gender bias in textbook.
The images used in a textual content indicate bias
towards a gender.
There is less the number of the chapters written by
woman in textbook.
More examples of male characters than female
characters.
Make a balance in textual materials written by male
and Female authors.
7. Gender bias in managment
Opportunities and responsibility given is gender
biased .
Women usually get the fewer opportunities at work
compared with men.
Gender bias seen in Wages.
Equal qualification but unequal pay.
Equal pay, but greater responsibility.
