1What is education in the broadest sense?
In the broadest sense, education is any act or experience that has a formative effect on the mind, character and physical ability of an individual.
2What is education in its technical sense?
In its technical sense, education is the process by which society purposefully transmits its accumulated knowledge, skills and values from one generation to another.
3What is a Social Institution?
“the social structure and machinery through which human society organizes, directs and executes the multifarious activities required to satisfy human needs”
4What does Education Participation refer to?
Education Participation refers to enrollment and completion at key milestones (Jha & Pouezevara, 2016).
5What does Gender refer to?
Refers to the roles and responsibilities of men and women that are created in our families, societies and our cultures.
6What are Gender Roles?
Means how men and women are expected to act, speak , dress , groom, and conduct themselves based upon the assigned sex.
7What is Role Expectation?
Role Expectation – group or society’s definition of the way a specific role ought to be played.
8What is Role Performance?
Role Performance – how a person actually plays a role.
9What is Role Conflicts?
Role Conflicts – Occurs when incompatible demands are placed on a person by two or more statuses held at the same time.
10What is Role Exit?
Role Exit – distancing oneself from a particular role/status.
11What is Gender Regime?
Gender Regime - observable patterns of gender relations;
12What is Gender regime at work in every school?
Gender regime at work in every school can be defined as the pattern of practices that constructs various kinds of masculinity and femininity among staff and students, orders them in terms of prestige and power, and constructs a sexual division of labor within the institution (Kessler et. al, 1985)
13What is the Socializing function of the family?
Family members teach child the norms, values, morals, beliefs, and ideals of society.
14What is a Conjugal or Nuclear Family?
- the primary or elementary family consisting of husband, wife, and children.
15What is a Consanguine or Extended Family?
- consist of married couple, their parents, siblings, grandparents, uncles, aunts, cousins.
16What is a Patriarchal family?
- when the father is considered the head and plays dominant role.
17What is a Matriarchal family?
- when the mother or female is the head and makes the major decisions.
18What is an Equalitarian family?
- when both father and mother share in making decisions and are equal in authority.
19What is Manipulation according to Ann Oakley?
This consists of parents (or other family members) encouraging behaviour that is seen as the norm for the child’s gender and discouraging behaviour that is not considered the norm.
20What is Canalisation according to Ann Oakley?
This comprises of parents channeling the child’s interests into activities that are considered the norm for their gender.
21What is Verbal Appellations according to Ann Oakley?
This involves giving children nicknames or pet names that are appropriate for their gender.
22What is Different Activities according to Ann Oakley?
This is when parents or family members encourage children to involve themselves in different activities.