scholarly journals Italy: Gender Segregation and Higher Education

2020 ◽  
pp. 75-92
Author(s):  
Chiara Biasin ◽  
Gina Chianese
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Gender Segregation

HIGHER EDUCATION FOR HAREDIM IN ISRAEL

2019 ◽  
Vol 34 (3) ◽  
pp. 273-283
Author(s):  
Tova Hartman ◽  
Chaim Zicherman
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Charles Taylor ◽  
Gender Segregation ◽  
Liberal Democracies ◽  
Liberal Democratic ◽  
Adequate Education ◽  
The Right ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Intense Debate

AbstractOver the past two decades a number of Israeli institutions of higher education have opened gender-segregated programs for the ultra-Orthodox, or haredim. The growth of these programs has generated an intense debate in Israel, reflected throughout Israeli media and in several appeals to Israel's Supreme Court. The issues raised concerning gender-segregated higher education reflect an overarching inquiry that is of great interest to multicultural theoreticians: the relationship of liberal democracies to their illiberal minorities. Multicultural theoreticians agree that healthy democracies must tolerate some illiberal practices while acknowledging that not every illiberal practice can be tolerated. In the case at hand, the essay addresses the question: can a liberal democracy tolerate gender-segregated higher education? Using work by Charles Taylor, Michael Walzer, Kwame Anthony Appiah, John Inazu, and others, the essay reviews the arguments for and against gender segregation in higher education for Israeli haredim. The essay explores the limits of toleration of illiberal cultures within liberal democratic societies and finds crucial the right to exit such a culture—a right whose viability is dependent upon adequate education. The essay concludes by discussing the multiculturalism organization development model and what has been termed the manyness and messiness of multiculturalism.

scholarly journals The Use of Avatars in Gender Segregated Online Learning Within MOOCs in Saudi Arabia - A Rwaq Case Study

2018 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Raniah Adham ◽  
Pat Parslow ◽  
Yota Dimitriadi ◽  
Karsten Øster Lundqvist
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Online Learning ◽  
Online Courses ◽  
Education Technology ◽  
Gender Segregation ◽  
Massive Open Online Courses ◽  
Ultimate Objective ◽  
Arabian Platform

<p class="3">In Saudi Arabia, gender-segregation is a known issue within higher education that often deprives female tutors from providing online learning and Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs). As well, students may not be getting the benefit of their experience and teaching. The purpose of this study is to develop an Avatar tool to represent a female tutor in a MOOC course with the aim of alleviating the issues of a gender-segregated society in online learning. This project will undertake and analyse a case study concerning the experience of females teaching a MOOC course on “Rwaq” the first Saudi Arabian platform, which was launched in September 2013. The literature on gender-segregation and education technology is reviewed. As an example, gender-segregated in higher education and online learning in Saudi Arabia, Virtual Learning Environments (VLE), Avatar technology in higher education, and finally the adoption of an Avatar tool in MOOCs platforms in SA are examined. One of the objectives of the study is to develop a social interaction environment with learners in online learning within MOOCs. The ultimate objective of this study is to examine if this Avatar tool could alleviate issues of gender-segregation for female lecturers in online learning courses within MOOCs in higher education in Saudi Arabia.</p>

scholarly journals Women academics in ukrainian tertiary education: gendered image of occupational segregation

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 ◽  
pp. 31-44
Author(s):  
Tetiana Medina ◽  
Yevhen Plotnikov ◽  
Liudmyla Zagoruiko
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Tertiary Education ◽  
Gender Segregation ◽  
University Management ◽  
Educational Work ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
Representation Of Women ◽  
Effective Leader ◽  
Occupational Gender ◽  
Occupational Gender Segregation

The representation of women in the managerial structure of the Ukrainian universities is the exception, rather than the rule. They are assigned to those sectors of university functioning that do not provide access to the management of resources (e.g. educational work), very rarely – position of deans of faculties and heads of chairs. After the analysis of conducted in-depth interviews with female and male rectors, vice-rectors and deans, some reasons for it could be mentioned: the influence of stereotypes (a successful woman in science is unsuccessful in family life; a woman is too emotional to be an effective leader), the insufficient activity of the women's (feminist) movement in the scientific space of Ukraine, uneven representation of women at all levels of university management. Vertical and horizontal occupational gender segregation is a mark of higher education system of Ukraine. The reasons are not only the overloading of women-researchers with housework, which does not allow them to compete with men successfully but also the effect of the “glass ceiling”, which is very acute in higher education institutions.

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