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How can gender stereotypes project into the content of subjects, teaching materials, or communication with students? And how can we prepare teaching so that it reflects the diverse experiences and needs of students? The workshop, The Gender Dimension in the Curriculum: From Principles to Practice, will focus on these questions on Thursday, November 26. It will offer educators not only basic theoretical knowledge but, above all, practical methods they can use in their own teaching. The workshop will start at 9:30 AM in the rectorate building of the University of West Bohemia. It will be led by gender education experts Markéta Štěpánová and Anna Donovalová.

Participants will learn to recognize gender stereotypes in education and think critically about how they affect teachers, students, and the entire educational environment. They will become acquainted with the principles of gender-sensitive education, explore the possibilities of inclusive language, and look for ways to integrate a gender perspective across various fields and topics.

An important part of the workshop will be practical work with specific examples. Participants will analyze case studies and teaching materials, jointly identify stereotypes, and discuss how to adjust the content or teaching methods. At the end, they will design concrete ways to integrate the gender perspective into their own subjects.

Markéta Štěpánová has been dedicated to addressing social inequalities, supporting diversity, and promoting equality in the workplace for over twenty years. She also focuses on gender-sensitive education, social safety, and power imbalances. She collaborates with institutions such as the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports, the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs, and the National Pedagogical Institute. She is the co-director of the organization Gender Studies, o.p.s.

Anna Donovalová is a gender expert and researcher. In her research, she focuses primarily on the gender aspects of education and their reflection in curricular documents. She has also worked at the Institute of Sociology, where she focused on the gender dimension in science, research, and educational content. She has collaborated on gender topics in education with, for example, the Ministry of Education and the Czech School Inspectorate.