In these days, we're not unfamiliar with the term, 'Gender Equity Education' any more. We can often hear 'Gender Equity Education' in school and if one think about each word's meaning in that term, though he or she has never heard of the term before, ...
In these days, we're not unfamiliar with the term, 'Gender Equity Education' any more. We can often hear 'Gender Equity Education' in school and if one think about each word's meaning in that term, though he or she has never heard of the term before, anyone can guess the whole meaning. As it's an easy word to guess, there are a variety of interpretations and the delicate shades of meaning can have a great effect on society, especially on school.
It's a teacher who has the closest relation to the term, 'Gender Equity Education' in school. The teacher not only gives educational contents to the students in class but reproduces the students' social values through the potential curriculum outside the classroom.
Accordingly, how much the teachers are aware of 'Gender Equity' can be the important barometer which reflects the level of gender equity awareness in school and we will be able to check the process of 'Gender Equity Education' when it is actualized in the basis of gender equity awareness.
In short, raising ability of the teachers' gender-equal educational activities can be the very starting point to actualize the 'Gender Equity Education'. The most general and universal plan to foster the teachers' ability is a teacher training. With the policies concerned, in-service training institutes of each city and province have developed and operated the training programs related gender equity in earnest since 2000.
It's already been 5 years since the programs began. However, there have been no examinations about the effectiveness of these programs and many questions are being asked about this situation. With 'gender-sensitive' point of view, this study will present the right direction of the teacher training programs for the future, including the research of the changing process of the programs in the policies related gender equity and the analysis of current teacher training programs in 16 in-service training institutes of each city and province.
First, the teacher training programs have been developed through four periods in the policies related gender equity. One is the period from liberation of Korea in 1945 to the early 1950's when the legal basis wasn't substantially completed. Another is the period when the policies related 'Gender Equity Education' were absent, though since 1953 the basis of the teacher training system was prepared. The third one is the period when the basic work for 'Gender Equity Education' in educational field began with 'Education Democratization Declaration' and 'Gender Discrimination Improvement Guiding Principle' in 1985. The fourth one is the period when the concrete policies were positively considered with the purpose of 'Gender Equity Education' since 1990's. The teacher training programs related gender equity have been developed into the present state through these four stages of period.
Second, in terms of 'Gender-Sensitive Education', the controversial issues about the current teaching training programs will be dealt with. To examine the current level of gender equity, the object of curriculum, respective subjects related gender equity and the teaching materials will be analyzed and examined distinctively by the field and the class of position. For the high efficiency of training, various items such as teaching methods, lecture evaluations and reflections, the subject of training and the program schedules will be also included in this study.
Finally, the desirable direction to make the teacher training programs more efficient will be presented. With this conclusion, more details of the teacher training programs related 'Gender Equity Education' need to be added in the further study. It will be necessary to study the teaching plans for 'Gender Equity Education' in each subject matter, the evaluation methods and teaching materials for the improvement in equity of the teacher training programs related 'Gender Equity Education'.