Certificate Course in Women Education & Gender Sensitive Teaching Practices, Shivaji University, Kolhapur

Course Content

Unit I Introduction to Basic Concepts in Feminism and Women’s Studies - Sex and Gender, patriarchy, masculinity and femininity - Introduction to feminist thought - Women’s Studies - Feminist Epistemology Unit II Women’s Education - In Plato’s Republic - In Rousseau’s Emile - In Mary Wollstonecraft’s Vindication of the Rights of Women - In Ancient India Unit III Educational Status of Women - Women’s Education in 19th and 20th Century Maharashtra - Women Path-breakers: Savitribai Phule and Dr. Anandibai Joshi - Gender Difference in Educational Status at the national and international level - Millennium Development Goals and Achievements about Women’s Education Unit IV Feminist Perspective in Education - Addressing Gender Bias in Curriculum - Feminist Pedagogical Practices in Classroom - Integrating Gender Perspective in curricula - Challenge of Attaining Gender Balance in Educational Decision-making

Reference Books

- Rousseau, Jean Jacques. 1762. Emile or On Education - Plato The Republic - Wollstonecraft, Mary 1792. The Vindication of the Rights of Woman - Altekar, Anant S. 1934. Education in Ancient India 2009 Edition by Isha Books, Delhi - Altekar, Anant S. 1959. The position of women in Hindu civilization, from prehistoric times to the present day Motilal Banarsidass Publ.