Outcome/Learning
I have been exposed to more feminist and gender theories more than ever before. I wish to work with women and gender issues in my future career as a development professional. I was awestruck at the different ideas that I was exposed to. This study has given me a deeper understanding as to what I wish to pursue later in life. I now know what I am interested in feminist as well as gender theories; at least a basic idea of this has been instilled in me through this study.
Apart from this basic introduction to this field, I have come to learn the major issue in this sphere. I have come to realise that education is one of the key factors that can change people’s lives, clichéd as it sounds. This idea is echoed through the
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It would give me a better understand of the issue of the girl child and further education.
I have come to realise that misunderstanding and confusion are a part of the field. Something that looks incredibly simple for you might not be the same for the person who is answering your questions. The background that the person comes from always makes them perceive things slightly differently than you do. Took a few things for granted for instance the idea of household heads, it was clear to me, but my respondents seemed a little lost. They had started to believe that the concept of household head was a joint position held amongst both their parents and not just one of them. The Akshara directory had technically put up most details but the girls might to might not believe that. In such cases I was confused what idea to accept. Eventually I kept both categories. This simple idea helped me to understand the complexity of the argument. This idea was brought about in the report by Ramaprasad Rajaram that stated that though the NSS data considered the household head as only a technicality but these are other implications too. (Rajaram 2009)
Challenges and limitations
My lack of knowledge of Marathi proved a good challenge. I lost quite a bit of technical details in the process of translation at times. Interactions with the Marathi speaking would have been more fruitful had I known to communicate biter in the language too.
I have noted
Education as a whole has been the key to the future and provides to the students with skill that they could not get anywhere. The new age has clearly shown us that education is a vital ingredient for a person’s future. Education has shown that one who studies further has a better lifestyle and will be highly respected, but what education cannot do is offer everyone the opportunity to succeed. Only a few students can take advantage of education; because if suddenly
Education is essential for all. So, we have to learned a lot from this essay. Learning is what make us stronger even in difficult situation of our life. As, Conroy said, “The light bulb may appear over your head, but it may be a while before it actually goes on.” In order to support
The revolutionary world has depended on education since the beginning of time. Education, as a key to all the developmental and advancing changes in the world, has as well taken a different dimension. Sir K. Robinson gave the speech in Youtube video updated on October 14th, 2010 in which RSAnimate video “Changing Paradigm”. Throughout his speech, he showed the world that to remain stable and sustainable, people must get the right education that will allow them to make the right decisions concerning the primary elements in the global settings. In his connection to his audience, he had given clear evidence of changing paradigms concerning the issues of education.
I still consider myself a feminist after this course. I believe that there is the need to establish, define, and achieve political, economic, and social rights for all not just
On the other hand, many sociologists have argued the importance of external factors in influencing gender differences in achievement. Feminism strives for equality in society for men and women and has questioned the typical role of males and females in society and challenges the role of women being the housewife. Feminists have had a great influence on improving girls self-esteem and aspirations. Sue Sharpe's
Today, education enables us to enlarge our knowledge and open doors for opportunities to the path of having a good future. In the five readings, each written by a different author, there was a lesson learned and something to take away from each one. Reading through the passages by Mann, Moore, Malcolm X, Gatto, Rose, and Anyon, each author contributed his or her point of view on general public education. This topic can be very argumentative depending on the quality of education people receive. Education today is the single most important mean for individuals to achieve their personal goals in the workforce.
Yet even with these realizations that delve into the deeper meaning of education, modern education is still calling for simple measurable outcomes and continues to be geared towards specific employment ideas. This model of education is blatantly inadequate though. Many students today will end up holding jobs not yet invented in fields not yet discovered, so the teaching of answers to today’s questions is utterly useless. Albert Einstein once said, “Education is not the learning of facts, but the training of the mind to think.” and this statement reigns true throughout time. To continue academic success, the education system needs to impart a mastery of one’s own mind that allows students to not only answer current questions but also to pose questions that will shape the future world.
Santos (2013) has compared education like majority of every other area of society which has changed and developed as years passed by. According to him, education nowadays intends to encourage the learners to
As a society, we mainly focus on short term benefits and don’t acknowledge all the benefits which higher education will bring over the course of one’s life. In conclusion, education brings about positive changes among individuals, society, nations and the world as a whole. Benefits of education cannot be justified until one goes through it. The world without education would be a world in a state of turmoil. Hence, to be successful in this life, one must enhance their skills and knowledge through the virtue of
In other words, the overall goal of this creative project is not only to make the individual aware of the broad branches of feminism, but to spark their imagination on how they can make a positive impact and further the development of gender equality. Moreover, in some of the activities, I provide background information so the individual would be able to imagine how it felt to be a feminist in a given time and analyze what they would have done in that scenario. For example, one of the activities I do is describe women’s suffrage and try to recreate the tribulations woman underwent to vote by providing a voting exam and allowing them to create their own suffrage sign they would have used. The book also contains engaging questions parents can ask their children, or vice-versa, while completing the different exercises. The purpose of this is to help develop a conversation concerning the different topics each activity reinforces and help guide parents in ways they can engage and interact with their
Using the examples said by Horton, Graff, Staples and Herbert, education needs to have the correct resources and student s that are willing to strive for success and improve the wellbeing of schools and institutions alike that will not only improve the overall quality of work but effectiveness and quality of that work. Overall the authors were trying to speak upon the improvement of education and the necessary changes and problems that have occurred throughout developing institutions. Education should keep students involved and interested when persuading them to take more rigorous courses and keep these foundations in
Throughout my years in the Women and Gender Studies program here at the University Of Toledo, I have enhanced my mental capacity in many ways. Being introduced to the program was a gift. Feminist concepts, ideals, methodologies, understanding myths, stereotypes was beneficial to my overall success at Toledo. Using the theories and critical thinking skills that were essential to the program in my professional and personal life helped shape me into the strong woman that I am. Intersectionality, body image, and privilege are three major themes that will be ingrained in me as I continue on my collegiate journey.
The content of this project includes revealing the basic understanding of fundamental feminist theories, which is the first phase of the class learning experience. In class, we went through multiple feminist theories, and I picked the two that impressed me the most in making this project.
I grew up in a household where my father proudly called himself a feminist, and my mother worked as a lay midwife. There were books such as Our Bodies, Ourselves lying around. My first undergraduate degree included 18 credit hours of Women’s Studies. About 15 years ago, I completed my certificate in the subject by choosing classes that evaluated the roles of women across cultures, religion, our similarities and our differences. Needless to say, I found myself in shock to learn that not all women embraced feminism, that the office of women’s studies was known to house “feminazis,” and that I found some of the views I encountered to be extreme. My background made this assignment not as shocking, but still eye opening.
All throughout our life we seek to become someone with a specific identity and want to be classified as “somebody” rather than “nobody”. We want people to know us as an individual identity. In this modern age, education has become an imperative element for everybody. Without education, no one can gain respect from others have social equality or lead a happy and stable life. Education has changed my life forever and has given me the ability to achieve goals that were dreams in my past.