Anotace
The course is divided into the following six thematic blocks, each of which is devoted to a separate meeting and the recommended reading and ongoing tasks:
1. Gender and gender socialization - Biological gender and gender. Gender roles and gender identity. Psychological theories of gender identity development. Basic mechanisms of gender socialization. Gender stereotypes and prejudices. Family upbringing. The role of the media .;
2. Gender inequality/equality in education - The concept of equality in education. Equality as a basic value of education. The link between gender and other types of inequality. Manifestations of gender inequality in Czech education. Gender horizontal and vertical segregation of the education system. The concept of gender-sensitive education and gender-neutral education. The current education policy of gender equality .;
3. Gender in the content of education - Curricular documents from a gender perspective. Gender of school subjects and activities. Gender load of textbooks, levels of possible load (curriculum, examples, illustrations, language), principles of gender non-stereotypical textbooks .;
4. Gender in pedagogical communication - Teacher ideas and expectations from girls and boys. Gender patterns in the frequency and content of communication between teachers and students. Gender aspects of pedagogical evaluation. Communication between girls and boys in coeducational classes. Gender aspects of the structure and dynamics of school classes. Different types of student masculinities and femininities. Negotiating masculinity and femininity in the classroom. Gender-motivated harassment .;
5. Gender and teaching - Representation of women and men in teaching. Representation of women and men by school level, approval and job positions. The phenomenon of "glass ceiling" and "glass elevator". Differences in the financial remuneration of women and men in teaching (gender pay gap). Feminization of teaching as a "problem". Possibilities of increasing the share of men in teaching .;
6. Promoting gender equality - Methods and techniques of awareness of gender stereotypes on the part of teachers and students. Individualized and activating teaching methods. The principle of freedom in career counseling. The role of equality in a healthy school.