Gender School and Society B.Ed 4th Semester Rita Publication 2023-24

Unit I: Gender issues: key concepts:

• Definition of gender.
• Difference between gender and sex.
• Social construction of gender.
• Gender including transgender and third gender, sex, patriarchy.
• Gender bias, gender stereotyping, and empowerment
• Equity and equality in relation with caste, class, religion, ethnicity, disability and region.

Unit II: Gender studies: paradigm shifts:

• Paradigm shift from women’s studies
• Historical backdrop: some landmarks on social reform movements of the 19th and 20th centuries with focus on women’s experiences of education (with special reference to Raja Rammohan Roy, Pandit Iswar Chandra Vidyasagar, Swami Vivekananda, Rabindranath Tagore