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oapen-20.500.12657-561622022-06-02T03:23:06Z Chapter Are Teachers Agents of Change? Teacher Training and The Gender Dimension in Adult Education: Italy and Nigeria in Comparison SIMEON-FAYOMI, BOLANLE CLARA GUERRINI, VALENTINA TONELLI, DENISE Teacher training gender equality women's empowerment adult education lifelong learning Adult education can play a fundamental role in changing existing gender hierarchies, breaking down gender stereotypes, and promoting gender equality. Teachers can be important agents of change, but they not only have to be aware of their behaviours, attitudes, and views, they also have to be able to understand the specific needs and interests of learners, to use gender-based methods, and to implement practices free of gender stereotypes. In order to do this, adequate education and training are needed, but both in Italy and Nigeria, gender issues are not part of the education and training curriculum, and much remains to be done for raising awareness of this issue. 2022-06-01T12:15:15Z 2022-06-01T12:15:15Z 2020 chapter ONIX_20220601_9788855181549_345 2704-5781 9788855181549 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/56162 eng Studies on Adult Learning and Education application/pdf Attribution 4.0 International 14716.pdf https://books.fupress.com/doi/capitoli/978-88-5518-154-9_13 Firenze University Press 10.36253/978-88-5518-155-6.10 10.36253/978-88-5518-155-6.10 bf65d21a-78e5-4ba2-983a-dbfa90962870 9788855181549 12 16 Florence open access
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Adult education can play a fundamental role in changing existing gender hierarchies, breaking down gender stereotypes, and promoting gender equality. Teachers can be important agents of change, but they not only have to be aware of their behaviours, attitudes, and views, they also have to be able to understand the specific needs and interests of learners, to use gender-based methods, and to implement practices free of gender stereotypes. In order to do this, adequate education and training are needed, but both in Italy and Nigeria, gender issues are not part of the education and training curriculum, and much remains to be done for raising awareness of this issue.
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