Gender Issues and Inclusive Education

This book deals with gender issues and inclusive education.iIt is very essential,who are studying B.A. ,B.Ed .,M.Ed.,M.Phil,UGC NET and other competitive examintation like as OTET,CTET,OSTET,NVS,KVS,DSSB.The book covers all the topics related to Gender issues and Inclusive education such as-Unit - I: Gender Studies - Paradigm Shifts1.1 Paradigm shift from womens studies to gender studies1.2 Historical backdrop: Some landmarks from social reform movements of the nineteenth and twentieth centurys with focus on womens experiences of education.1.3 Contemporary period: Recommendations of policy initiatives commissions and committees, schemes, programmes and plans.Unit - II: Gender Issues in Curriculum2.1 Gender, culture and institution: Intersection of class, caste, religion and region2.2 Curriculum and the gender question2.3 Construction of gender in curriculum framework since Independence2.4 Gender and the hidden curriculum2.5 Gender in text and context2.6 Teacher as an agent of change2.7 Life skills and sexuality.Unit -III: Concept of Inclusive Education3.1 Inclusive Education: Definition, rationale, characteristics and principles3.2 Difference between Special Education, Integrated Education and Inclusive Education3.3 Inclusion in Education- a human right3.4 Need for Inclusive Education in India3.5 Types of marginalized /disabled children and their needs -3.6 Barriers to inclusion in school: