Integration of Gender Sensitive Activity in Teaching Nail Care Services in Lucsuhin National High School

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

Gender equality in education strengthens the quality and provides an appropriate learning environment for both sexes and ensures that students leaving secondary school have an awareness of gender equality. Women and men's interest may be different due to their different gender roles and needs. The gender perspective should be an integral part of teaching. Grade 8 students especially boys have difficulty in coping up the lesson in TLE about nail care. They find it hard to do hands-on activities like manicure and pedicure. Male students find it discriminating for this odd to do things such as nail art for it is stereotyped to be done by female students only. For this particular reason, they lose interest in the lesson which results in a low level of mastery and performance. The researcher motivated to integrate gender-sensitive activity in teaching nail care services that will enhance the level of performances of Grade 8 students.

METHODS

This study employed the descriptive design as a research method. The subjects of this paper involved 46 Grade 8 students who had undergone the subject during the academic year 2018-2019. The statistical tools utilized were frequency/percentage distribution, rank, weighted mean and composite mean.

RESULTS

The findings revealed that encouraging the class to participate regardless of gender is the distinct feature of gender-sensitive activity as an effective strategy used in teaching TLE lessons. Integration of gender-sensitive activities is effective to student's level of performance regardless of their gender based on the result of Test I, Test II, Test III, and Test IV.

DISCUSSIONS

The results of the study imply that teachers should integrate gender-sensitive activities in TLE lesson as it is an effective strategy in teaching. The teachers should acquire additional training to gain more knowledge about the gender-sensitive activity. Moreover, dress me up, it is a girl thing or boy thing, gender lightbulb moment, and themed nail art design make up the list of gender-sensitive activities.