Playlist - Gender
Learning objectives and key messages
Learning objectives
- Understand the nature of gender stereotypes and inequalities and how these stereotypes and inequalities may impact on the decisions they make and the way they behave.
- Understand that gender stereotypes are socially constructed and perpetuated through the media and accepted social norms.
- Analyse gender stereotypes that are portrayed in the media and propose practical strategies for challenging harmful and unhelpful stereotypes.
- Identify the impacts of gendered expectations on young people and their personal and professional relationships.
- Understand the nature of gender stereotypes and inequalities and how these stereotypes and inequalities may impact on the decisions they make and the way they behave.
- Understand that gender stereotypes are socially constructed and perpetuated through the media and accepted social norms.
- Analyse gender stereotypes that are portrayed in the media and propose practical strategies for challenging harmful and unhelpful stereotypes.
- Identify the impacts of gendered expectations on young people and their personal and professional relationships.
- Gender stereotypes portrayed in the media can be rigid and narrow and may not reflect the reality of genders in our society.
- Narrow gender stereotypes create inequalities that contribute to domestic and family violence.
- Challenging narrow gender stereotypes helps to create a more equal society which benefits everyone.
Key messages
- Gender stereotypes portrayed in the media can be rigid and narrow and may not reflect the reality of genders in our society.
- Narrow gender stereotypes create inequalities that contribute to domestic and family violence.
- Challenging narrow gender stereotypes helps to create a more equal society which benefits everyone.
Teacher guide
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Playlist
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