Reviewing the Causes in the K-12 period of the Chinese Gender Inequity in Higher Education

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10.2991/assehr.k.210806.096How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Gender Inequity, K-12 Education, Family, Textbooks, Society, Teachers

Abstract

This paper aimed to investigate the main reasons for gender inequity problems in the K-12 period and raise attention among schools, family and educators. This paper reviews previous work and adds comments and arguments on it. There are four major factors which can cause gender inequity in education: (1) Chinese elementary education textbooks are not beneficial for developing a correct gender idea; (2) the recognition of gender role is affected by relationship among family members, parents’ educational methods and attitudes, and family economic conditions; (3) the chance of receiving education is determined by gender norms, financial returns, and insufficiency of political representations. This paper hopes to raise awareness regarding gender inequity in education within society since gender inequity has been neglected for decades and poses possible solutions as well.

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© 2021, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Yuexi Liu
AU  - Yitong Jin
AU  - Kaixin Yu
AU  - Siyi Shen
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/08/09
TI  - Reviewing the Causes in the K-12 period of the Chinese Gender Inequity in Higher Education
BT  - Proceedings of the 2021 5th International Seminar on Education, Management and Social Sciences (ISEMSS 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 520
EP  - 525
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.210806.096
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.210806.096
ID  - Liu2021
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