Objectives

The course will enable the student teachers to:

·         Develop basic understanding and familiarity with key concepts-gender, gender bias, gender stereotype, empowerment, gender parity, equity and equality,patriarchy and feminism and transgender.

·         Understand some important landmarks in connection with growth of women’seducation in historical and contemporary periods

·         Know about policies, plans and schemes of the government for addressing allforms of disparities and inequalities existing in the society

·         Learn about gender issues in school, curriculum, textual materials across disciplines, pedagogical processes and its intersection with class, caste, religionand region; and

·         Understand the need to address gender based violence in all social spaces andevolve strategies for addressing it.