Gender, pedagogy and curriculum
Just boys, just girls and just schooling: Curriculum, behaviours (including bullying) and gender
A professional development paper focusing on gender perspectives across the curriculum.
Gender and education guidelines - an outcome of the AWE Leading Social Change project.
http://www.awe.asn.au/drupal/content/gender-and-education-guidelines
The Gender & Education Guidelines and Checklists.
Discussing gender justice issues with young people - guidelines and resources.pdf.
A compilation of information about critical literacy and inquiry approaches, and links to stimulus materials to use in the classroom.
Schools Work Towards Gender Equity
Frameworks, case studies, data gathering strategies, sample survey questionnaires, references and recommended readings.
Teaching Tolerance
An excellent resource with a searchable database of lesson and unit plans on gender related issues.
Australian Education Union gender equity policy
The purpose of the policy is to outline the AEU’s commitment to ensuring the needs of both genders are equally accounted for during their education. In doing so the AEU states its understanding of gender equity, the way gender impacts on the educational experiences of students, preferred policy responses to gender in education and the challenges that exist which may limit the full achievement of gender equality post-education.
http://www.aeufederal.org.au/Policy/GendEq2008.pdf
Gender Equity: A Framework for Australian Schools (1997)
Framework prepared by a MCEETYA Taskforce responsible for providing advice to enable improved educational outcomes for girls and boys in Australian schools.
www.mceecdya.edu.au/mceecdya/gender_equity-1997_home,11951.html
Just boys, just girls and just schooling: Curriculum, behaviours (including bullying) and gender
A professional development paper focusing on gender perspectives across the curriculum.
http://www.sacsa.sa.edu.au/ATT/%7BB116A2B7-F89E-4898-B172-7A10231963D7%7D/boysgirls.pdf
Understanding Gender Differences: Strategies to Support Girls and Boys
ways the current research on gender development can be applied in our homes, schools and communities to support young people in growing up whole-that is, beyond the cultural limitations of gender roles.
http://www.umext.maine.edu/onlinepubs/PDFpubs/4423.pdf
Negotiating and enabling spaces for gender justice
Through feminist informed understandings of injustice, this paper draws on significant research to re-articulate prevailing issues of gender inequity within and beyond the contexts of education in Australia.
http://www.iier.org.au/iier16/keddie.html
ARTS
International Museum of Women IMOW is an innovative online museum that showcases art, stories and ideas to celebrate, inspire and advance the lives of women around the world. We are a global online community of 600,000 annual unique visitors and a participant base of 10,000 artistic content contributors, 40,000 e-news subscribers, 11,000 Facebook fans and 7,000 Twitter followers from more than 200 countries worldwide.
http://www.imow.org/home/index
The National Museum of Women in the Arts
By bringing to light remarkable women artists of the past while also promoting the best women artists working today, the museum directly addresses the gender imbalance in the presentation of art in the U.S. and abroad, thus assuring great women artists a place of honour now and into the future.
History of Women Through Art
Over fifty paintings showing the gifts of women throughout history by internationally known artist, Joanne Battiste.
http://www.wic.org/artwork/idex_art.htm
I Am Woman
The United Nations chose 1975 as international Women’s Year, and this song, by Helen Reddy, as their anthem.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmifO2sKT7g
Love and Justice
Stirring Women's anthem sung by 400 Women of Victoria Australia to mark the centenary of Suffrage - finally getting the Vote in Australia after 19 attempts in Parliament.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=6HpCmdLRuF8#at=360
Mighty Girls
For children’s music.
http://www.amightygirl.com/music?cat=442
LITERACY / MEDIA
A Mighty Girl
The world’s largest collection of books and movies for parents, teachers, and others dedicated to raising smart, confident, and courageous girls and, of course, for girls themselves.
A Celebration of Women Writers
Search by author or by type of collection for interesting info on many women writers.
http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/
Media literacy study guides
ATOM, through its publications arm (Metro Magazine and Screen Education), produces study guides and educational kits for feature films, documentaries, television programs, exhibitions, etc.
http://www.metromagazine.com.au/studyguides/index.html
Media Awareness Network
Readings and lessons on gender and media issues.
http://mediasmarts.ca/gender-representation/women-and-girls
Media Education Foundation
Educational videos about media, culture, and society for the classroom. The videos are for sale however the free online study guides are excellent, and include many stand-alone and adaptable activities. For example see the Misogyny in media and culture: Study guide. http://www.mediaed.org/assets/products/234/studyguide_234.pdf
Search the site for other topics - gender, violence, body image etc http://www.mediaed.org/
Everyday Sexism
The Everyday Sexism Project catalogues instances of sexism experienced by women on a day to day basis.
http://www.everydaysexism.com/
Sexualisation of children in the contemporary media
This report examines the sexualisation of children in the contemporary media environment, including radio and television, children's magazines, other print and advertising material and the Internet.
http://www.aph.gov.au/senate/committee/eca_ctte/sexualisation_of_children/report/index.htm
Film Australia
A rich online resource accompanied by extensive background material and learning resources written by teachers and education experts and linked to the curricula in each Australian state and territory.
http://dl.nfsa.gov.au/tag/gender/
Metro Magazine
Study guides and educational kits for feature films, documentaries, television programs, exhibitions, etc., written for teachers and students in primary and secondary schools and tertiary institutions by a team of curriculum experts from all curriculum areas. http://www.metromagazine.com.au/studyguides/index.html
Cambridge Documentary Films
Award-winning documentary videos, free study guides, resources and curricula, including many on gender related topics. The guides contain stand-alone activities (if you do not wish to purchase the videos).
http://www.cambridgedocumentaryfilms.org/films.html
Introduction to media literacy
Appropriate for ages 11 to adult, discusses different concepts and skills to help build media literacy knowledge.
http://medialiteracyproject.org/resources/introduction-media-literacy
Global girl media
A non-profit organization dedicated to empowering high school age girls from under-served communities around the world through media, leadership and journalistic training to have a voice in the global media universe and their own futures.
About-Face
Website and resources to combat the media’s negative and distorted images of women.
Miss Representation movie trailer
Video - The film exposes how mainstream media contribute to the under-representation of women in positions of power and influence. This trailer can be used alone as stimulus for discussion.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5pM1fW6hNs
Slim hopes
Video - An in-depth analysis of how female bodies are depicted in advertising images and the devastating effects of those images on women's health.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=C7143sc_HbU
Doll Face
Video - A compelling representation of the way the media impacts the self-images of young women.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zl6hNj1uOkY&feature=player_embedded
What Disney Princesses teach girls
Video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uatrgO5Omfw&feature=fvwrel
Sexism, Strength and Dominance: Masculinity in Disney Films
Video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CWMCt35oFY&feature=player_embedded
HISTORY / SOCIETY
Australian Women’s Timeline
A timeline of significant events and achievements affecting Australian women. The timeline includes major political, education, legal and social milestones, and demonstrates that despite improvements in gender equality over the past 100 years, women still experience violence at intolerable levels.
Women Reshaping the World Online podcasts
These TEDTalks share one thing in common: big, bold ideas about women's roles in the world. Data-driven insights that upend traditional stereotypes ... personal stories with universal resonance ... humour with bite ... and amazing talks from women who've pioneered fields once closed to them.
http://www.ted.com/themes/women_reshaping_the_world.html
The Australian Women’s History Forum
Resources to enhance understanding of the role of women in the history of Australia.
Women in World History Curriculum
This unique site is full of information and resources - lessons, units, biographies.
http://www.womeninworldhistory.com/
Notable Women Ancestors
A database of famous and infamous women offering both historical and genealogical information about them with anecdotes. http://www.rootsweb.com/~nwa/
National Women's History Project
Education about women's diverse lives and accomplishments. US based.
The National Museum of Women in the Arts
By bringing to light remarkable women artists of the past while also promoting the best women artists working today, the museum directly addresses the gender imbalance in the presentation of art in the U.S. and abroad, thus assuring great women artists a place of honour now and into the future.
History of Women Through Art
Over fifty paintings showing the gifts of women throughout history by internationally known artist, Joanne Battiste.
http://www.wic.org/artwork/idex_art.htm
Women in 19th Century literature
A five lesson unit plan.
http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=1009
STEM – SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING AND MATHEMATICS
Top 5 myths about girls, maths and science.
http://www.livescience.com/health/070827_girls_math.html
Girls and ICT website
Girls and ICTs resources and research and examples of successful Girls and ICTs practices and programs.
http://www.learningplace.com.au/ea/gicts
Gender and IT: Challenges for Computing and Information Technology education in Australian secondary schools
Addresses critical questions about the decline in enrolments in Computing and Information Technology (CIT) subjects at the school level, and the long-standing problem of the under representation of girls in CIT education. From the Australian Curriculum Studies Association. http://www.acsa.edu.au/pages/images/G&IT_order_13.pdf
VIDEOS
Gender Roles
Children talk about what girls and boys do.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdezuYhXmOM&feature=player_embedded#at=26
Teaching Boys: Issues of masculinity, violence and gender justice
Presentation for teachers and community workers, by Dr. Amanda Keddie and Professor Martin Mills, University of Queensland.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_Td9F9mrGQ&feature=relmfu
Teaching Boys: Gender just classroom practice
Presentation for teachers and community workers, by Dr. Amanda Keddie and Professor Martin Mills, University of Queensland.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAsrjPvC_rg&feature=relmfu
Tough Guise
Opening montage.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Mmy2IHYq_y8
Violence, Media & the Crisis in Masculinity
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3exzMPT4nGI&feature=player_embedded
Naomi Wolf: Third Wave Feminism
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCQI-ougLsg&feature=related
Challenging Gender Roles and Categories
An example of a student project.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0BwleH5n5eY&feature=player_embedded
The girl effect
Girls are the most likely agents of change, but they are often invisible to their societies and to our media.
Visit http://www.girleffect.org for more information and resources, and more videos. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIvmE4_KMNw&feature=player_embedded.
Miss Representation movie trailer
The film exposes how mainstream media contribute to the under-representation of women in positions of power and influence. This trailer can be used alone as stimulus for discussion.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5pM1fW6hNs
Slim hopes
An in-depth analysis of how female bodies are depicted in advertising images and the devastating effects of those images on women's health.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=C7143sc_HbU
Doll Face
A compelling representation of the way the media impacts the self-images of young women.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zl6hNj1uOkY&feature=player_embedded
What Disney Princesses teach girls
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uatrgO5Omfw&feature=fvwrel
Sexism, Strength and Dominance: Masculinity in Disney Films
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CWMCt35oFY&feature=player_embedded
I Am Woman
The United Nations chose 1975 as international Women’s Year, and this song, by Helen Reddy, as their anthem.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmifO2sKT7g
Love and Justice
Stirring Women's anthem sung by 400 Women of Victoria Australia to mark the centenary of Suffrage - finally getting the Vote in Australia after 19 attempts in Parliament.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=6HpCmdLRuF8#!
