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‘Mom is cooking, what is Daddy doing?’ Gender in Hungarian Education

‘Mom is cooking, what is Daddy doing?’ Gender in Hungarian Education. Kereszty, Orsolya and Rédai, Dorottya. Introduction. Gender in Educational and Political Discourse Hungarian academia NGO educational programs. Introduction. No gender-sensitive research in education No available data

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‘Mom is cooking, what is Daddy doing?’ Gender in Hungarian Education

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

  2. Introduction • Gender in Educational and Political Discourse • Hungarian academia • NGO educational programs

  3. Introduction • No gender-sensitive research in education • No available data • No gender awareness

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

  5. 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

  6. Textbooks • Power → Legitimate knowledge • Gender socialization • Knowledge and skills • Mediate

  7. 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’

  8. Alternatives? I.

  9. Alternatives? II.

  10. Alternatives? III.

  11. 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

  12. Hungarian Academia • The gender perspective • The integration of Women’s/Gender Studies • Hostile and rejective environment • Individual initiatives • Teacher training

  13. Teacher Training • Teaching: "feminized" profession ↔ no women’s perspectives • Gender courses by individual professors • School hierarchies → structural changes cannot be done by individual teachers

  14. 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

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

  16. Case study: Equal Opportunities at Miskolc University Transformative model of gender equity • Access • Inclusion • Climate • Promotion • Empowerment

  17. 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

  18. 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

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