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Understanding Diversity

20.5.5 Avoide Gender-Based Work Distribution

When looking for volunteers to help you with the distribution of food at lunch
Notes time or while arranging toys, allow children to volunteer for the work. Boys

might show interest in distributing the food and plates while girls might like
to arrange toys. If you see gender divide, then encourage gender parity with
the request like, “Rohit, would you like to help me in distributing food/ plates/
spoon etc?” or “Tinni, would you like to help me tidy up the toys please?

INTEXT QUESTIONS 20.4

List one way a teacher can promote gender equitable participation in each of
the situation listed below:
(a) Choosing toys

(b) Telling stories

(c) Fair play

(d) Friendship
(e) Work distribution

WHAT YOU HAVE LEARNT

• Diversity: Meaning and significance
• Recognizing and celebrating differences.
• Factors leading to diversity and their implication to learning

• Race
• Multilingualism
• Ethnicity
• Gender
• Sexual orientation

• Socio-economic status
• Age
• Religious beliefs
• Learning style

• Home and school language divide
• Influence of gender and caste stereotypes on children
• Promoting gender-equitable participation of all children in learning and play

¾ Choosing toys

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