Addressing Gender Inequalities in Curriculum and Education : Review of Literature and Promising Practices to Inform Education Reform Initiatives in Thailand
In Thailand and worldwide, despite increases in educational enrollment, rigid gender norms dictating appropriate roles and behaviors contribute to the persistence of the gender inequalities. Since education systems are embedded in the broader socia...
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| Format: | Working Paper |
| Language: | English en_US |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2014
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/01/20431471/addressing-gender-inequalities-curriculum-education-review-literature-promising-practices-inform-education-reform-initiatives-thailand http://hdl.handle.net/10986/21034 |
| Summary: | In Thailand and worldwide, despite
increases in educational enrollment, rigid gender norms
dictating appropriate roles and behaviors contribute to the
persistence of the gender inequalities. Since education
systems are embedded in the broader social context, they
reflect the inequalities that exist in society. The
structure and content of schooling, textbooks, curricular
choices, sex distribution of teachers and administrators,
teacher attitudes and behaviors, classroom and discipline
practices, and the presence of violence, reflect
discriminatory and harmful social norms about the
appropriate roles and opportunities for boys and girls
(Connell, 1996, 2000, 2010). At the same time, schools have
enormous potential to effect social change, transform gender
relations, expanding the range of possibilities for both
boys and girls (UNGEI, 2012a). This report provides a brief
review of the literature and of interventions to promote
gender equity through education in several specific areas:
textbooks and curriculum; teacher distribution, attitudes,
and behaviors; and school violence and discipline. And the
report looks at holistic interventions that address multiple
dimensions. This review also gives an overview of important
steps for assessing gender issues in the educational system,
emphasizes the need for rigorous interventions that measure
a broad range of outcomes, provides recommendations for
policy and programming, and highlights tools and resources. |
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