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‘Mom is cooking, what is Daddy doing?’ Gender in Hungarian Education Kereszty, Orsolya and Rédai, Dorottya

‘Mom is cooking, what is Daddy doing?’ Gender in Hungarian Education Kereszty, Orsolya and Rédai, Dorottya

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Page 1: ‘Mom is cooking, what is Daddy doing?’ Gender in Hungarian Education Kereszty, Orsolya and Rédai, Dorottya

‘Mom is cooking, what is Daddy doing?’

Gender in Hungarian Education

Kereszty, Orsolya and Rédai, Dorottya

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Introduction

Gender in Educational and Political Discourse

Hungarian academia NGO educational programs

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Introduction

No gender-sensitive research in education

No available data No gender awareness

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Gender in Educational and Political Discourse Education is highly politicised No long-term programs Low gender-awareness of decision-

makers

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Gender Issues in the Curriculum Curriculum reform continued since

mid-1980s National Core Curriculum (NCC) –

political battlefield NCC – less and less gender in the

revised versions NCC 2003 – gender equality listed

among basic guiding principles – NGO expert pressure

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Textbooks

Power → Legitimate knowledge Gender socialization Knowledge and skills Mediate

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Gender in Textbooks

The norm: boys’ experiences The different/‘others’: girls’

experiences Invisibility Stereotypical and strict activities

and spaces The ‘family’ as evident ‘Alternative examples’

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Alternatives? I.

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Alternatives? II.

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Alternatives? III.

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Textbook accreditation

Not mandatory but necessary for ministerial recommendation of the textbook

Gender equality among general criteria No expert appointed to examine

general criteria No impact of expert negotiations

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Hungarian Academia

The gender perspective The integration of

Women’s/Gender Studies Hostile and rejective environment Individual initiatives Teacher training

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Teacher Training

Teaching: "feminized" profession ↔ no women’s perspectives

Gender courses by individual professors

School hierarchies → structural changes cannot be done by individual teachers

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Case study: ‘The separate discussion of Gender History is completely useless’ ‘Structures and Standards of Initial

Training for History Tecahers in Europe’

Not part of initial training Some gender-sensitive materials Individual contributions Informal and formal networks

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Case study: Equal Opportunities at Miskolc University Vertical segregation Horizontal segregation Glass ceiling Pyramidal hierarchy No women in top decision-making

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Case study: Equal Opportunities at Miskolc UniversityTransformative model of gender equity Access Inclusion Climate Promotion Empowerment

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Case study: Equal Opportunities at Miskolc University Indirect gender discrimination Horizontal and vertical segregation Glass ceiling Sexual harassment Low level of gender awareness lack of institutional commitment to

equal opportunities and equity

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NGOs

IGEN - Feminist Open University IGEN - ‘Developing complex skills with

the help of understanding and applying the concepts of gender equality, plurality of values, and tolerance’

IGEN - Who makes the news? Labrisz Lesbian Association FIONA - Foundation for Young Women NANE - Women Together Against

Violence