Gender Gaps in Schools and Colleges: Can Teacher Education Policy Improve Gender Equity in Malawi? (CIE, 2000, 53 p.)

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Multi-Site Teacher Education Research Project (MUSTER)

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Abstract

1. Introduction

1.1 Introduction

1.2 Concepts of equity

1.3 Indicators of gender inequity

1.4 Rationale for promoting gender equity

2. Background

2.1 Teacher education in Malawi

2.2 Methods

3. Context

3.1 Brief description of the schools

3.2 Gender inequity

3.3 Efforts to promote gender equity in schools

3.4 Malawi College of Distance Education

3.5 Gender inequity and teacher education

3.6 Infant teaching: A suitable job for a woman?

3.7 Distribution of teachers between rural and urban schools

3.8 The image of an infant teacher

3.9 Summary

4. Policies to increase gender equity

4.1 Increasing the numbers of female teachers

4.2 Raising entry criteria for selection to teacher training

4.3 Academic upgrading while teaching: a second chance for women?

4.4 Women's multiple roles and the structure of teacher education programmes

4.5 Specialised training for infant teachers

4.6 Promotion

4.7 Gender issues in making primary teacher training an all-graduate profession

4.8 Summary

5. Discussion

5.1 Women's agency

5.2 Breaking the cycle of female underachievement

6. Recommendations

6.1 Policy recommendations

6.2 Conclusion

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