The lack of female mentors, a widespread problem in all teaching levels, is one of the most noteworthy and persistent educational shortage there is. This absence has severe cultural implications, as it cheats us out of an important part of the cultural heritage that belongs to all of us, and we are presented with an extremely biased cultural, social and scientific narrative that is sustained mainly on male works, as if it was universal.
To face this situation, the Women’s Legacy project has generated teaching intervention tools that allow us to recover the cultural heritage of women in all subjects and cultures to include it in the classrooms through teaching activities, the understanding of their works and, above all, the methodological proposal that lets us adequately include these mentors and their works into the syllabus.
Gandia International Centre Universitat de València (8, Tossal Street)
Coordinated by: Maria Querol Bataller. Department of language and literature teaching. Universitat de València
With this course we intend to make the methodology used public as well as all the classroom resources that we created, which are the core ideas of the change. The resources have been created for secondary school teacher, but will be useful in every teaching level, from preschool and primary education all the way to university level studies. Additionally, they will also train the teachers themselves, becoming a key element of social and teaching improvement.
Monday, 14 July
10:00-12:00 The lack of female mentors and discrimination mechanisms. Ana López Navajas, Woman’s Legacy project coordinator.
12:00-14:00 Cultural heritage as a social legitimisation tool for women. Contributions of Ancient times and the Middle Ages. Ana López Navajas, Woman’s Legacy project coordinator.
Tuesday, 15 July
10:00-12:00 Science and women making science. A journey through the scientific contributions that change the scientific outlook. Nuria Solsona y Pairó.
12:30-14:00 Spanish and Catalan literature: female writers and their voices. Rosa Roig Celda.
Wednesday, 16 July
10:00-12:00 Music and unheard melodies. Laura Capsir Maiques.
12:30-14:00 The inclusion of female mentors and their works in educational contents. María Querol Bataller, department of language and literature teaching. Universitat de València
Thursday, 17 July
10:00-11:30 Teaching intervention tools to transform the cultural narrative in the classroom. Laura Vilar Bohigues.
12:00-13:30 Women’s Legacy didactics for the classroom. María Querol, department of language and literature teaching. Universitat de València
