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Gender Identity Construction in Primary Schools

Gender Identity Construction in Primary Schools. Oomandra Nath Varma February 2010 Id: 9603163 Supervisor: Dr Prof Sheila Bunwaree. Introduction. Gender inequality The facts. Scores based on the analysis of 128 countries, constituting 90 percent of the total world’s population

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Gender Identity Construction in Primary Schools

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  1. Gender Identity Construction in Primary Schools Oomandra Nath Varma February 2010 Id: 9603163 Supervisor: Dr Prof Sheila Bunwaree

  2. Introduction

  3. Gender inequalityThe facts Scores based on the analysis of 128 countries, constituting 90 percent of the total world’s population Source: The Global Gender Gap Report, 2007, p.118

  4. Long term consequences of gender inequality • “Countries that do not capitalize on the full potential of one half of their societies are misallocating their human resources and undermining their competitive potential… Even in light of heightened international awareness of gender issues, it is a disturbing reality that no country has yet managed to eliminate the gender gap” (Lopez-Claros & Zahidi, WEF, 2005, p1; WEF, 2007, p. 19-20).

  5. The problem worldwide • “…even in developed countries whose dependence on knowledge industries and knowledge workers is large and growing, there are still significant gaps in the job opportunities for women and in the wages paid to women compared to their male counterparts and these gaps are even larger in most developing countries.” (WEF, pg. 20)

  6. Lack of commitment to equality Awareness of the fact that “women account for half of the world’s population and half of its talent” and that “the costs of not developing and using this talent are huge” does not seem to provide enough argument to warrant a translation of the commitment to equality into reality in key spheres such as political empowerment and economic participation (pg. 20).

  7. Why gender?

  8. School as a perpetrator of inequality

  9. Theoretical background

  10. Focus of the study

  11. The child as an active agent

  12. Key objectives and questions

  13. Tentative explanation of the process

  14. Why this research?

  15. Specificity of the research

  16. Approach to the research

  17. Justification of the methodology

  18. The sample

  19. Analysis

  20. The evidences: the power of the “hidden” elements shaping gendered identity Shaping the world of Gender inequality

  21. How does gendered identity construction become an inevitable power struggle as “childhood politics” develops as a foundation for an unequal world?

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