Education for a ‘gender’ just society

BINNY CHUGH

BINNY CHUGH

Keywords: single-sex and co-educational schooling, gender, patriarchy, masculinity, gender ‘just’ society, curriculum, curriculumstereotypes, beliefs, expectations, gender intersection with clas

Abstract

Gender is the most used word in today’s times but at the same time most
misunderstood. It is not about one’s sex i.e. male or a female but the notions of femininity and
masculinity which are attached to a particular sex by the society. Researches are done in the field of
gender and education and how to make curricula gender sensitive. When gender is studied in the
context of institution; it becomes important to review the whether ‘co-educational schooling’ which
promises a gender- equal environment; is able to fulfil it or not and then researching what happens in
Single-sex settings. The article brings in the research done in the three types of schooling i.e. All girls’,
All boys’ and co-educational school where various dimensions are seen related to gender and how
gender identities are made in these types of schooling.

Author Biography

BINNY CHUGH

PHD SCHOLAR
IASE, JAMIA MILLIA ISLAMIA

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