Gender Balance in Geography
Steve Brace, Head of Education at the Royal Geographical Society (one of our Supporter organisations) writes about gender and geography, and how having gender-balanced entry does not solve all gendered issues in a subject.
There was much written in the press in November 2019 about university level geography and whether the subject had equal appeal to both female and male students. Lurid press headlines characterized the subject as being for ‘white, posh and dim boys’. Such comments echoed the debate from 100 years ago, around the admittance of women as Fellows to the Royal Geographical Society, with the author of a letter to the Times declaiming that “We contest in toto, the general capability of women to contribute to scientific geographical knowledge.”
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Win a place on a Fearless Futures equality course!
We are thrilled to announce an exciting prize draw for Supporter schools who teach Key Stages 3, 4 or 5, thanks to Fearless Futures. If you have registered as a Supporter by Friday 31 May, your school can be entered into a prize draw to win places on a CPD course. This exciting, interactive 2-hour workshop from Fearless Futures, is designed “to support teachers and school leaders to grow their equalities cognisance and capability”.
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The Winner of our Collins Competition
We are thrilled to announce the winner of our prize draw for Supporter schools who teach Key Stage 2, thanks to educational publishers, Collins. The winner is….
Queen’s Park Primary School!
The prize was to win a visit from Lisa Rajan, author of the Tara Binns books. This new series, within whole-school reading programme Collins Big Cat, explores STEM careers with a female protagonist.
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Win your school a session with a stereotype-smashing author!
We are thrilled to announce an exciting prize draw for Supporter schools who teach Key Stage 2, thanks to educational publishers, Collins. If you have registered as a Supporter and submit you Initiator plan by Friday 29 March 2019, your school can be entered into a prize draw to win a visit from Lisa Rajan, author of the Tara Binns books. This new series, within whole-school reading programme Collins Big Cat, explores STEM careers with a female protagonist.
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Gender Action Teacher Launch Event Overview
On Saturday 9 February, Gender Action successfully launched its programme with teachers at City Hall.
The launch event opened with a keynote from the Director of UCL Institute of Education, Professor Becky Francis, who spoke about her extensive research in the field of gender and education. She highlighted the importance of considering intersectionality when trying to tackle gender stereotypes – considering how issues of gender intersect with issues around other forms of identity such as race, class and religion.
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Join us at the Gender Action Launch Event
We’re gearing up for our launch on Saturday and can’t wait to welcome 150 brilliant London educators to City Hall. The day will begin with a keynote from Professor Becky Francis, Director of the UCL Institute of Education.
The day will cover issues such as
- What effect do gender stereotypes and biases have on outcomes for young people?
- What can be done in different areas of nursery/school life?
- How can you understand where to start, and how to measure impact?
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Resources page now live
We now have a page which collects together reports, resources, data, and ideas. We want to grow this page so it’s a go-to for those working to tackle gender stereotyping in education. So be in touch with us @_Gender_Action or info@genderaction.co.uk with ideas of classroom resources, podcasts, must-follows on twitter etc. We know there’s loads we can house here!
https://www.genderaction.co.uk/online-resources/
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Gender Action launches at Equal Play event
The capital will lead the way in championing gender equality in schools by funding a new Gender Action award. Developed by the Institute of Physics (IOP), King’s College London (KCL), UCL Institute of Education (IOE) and University Council of Modern Languages (UCML), the Gender Action award encourages the entire school to unite to challenge gender stereotypes by putting gender equality at the heart of all aspects of school life.
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