Gender approach to the learning process at higher education establishments

Abstract

Higher education in Ukraine is undergoing an important stage of reforming within the framework of the European integration course in order to improve its quality. Since education is one of the main factors in the formation of consciousness, its development should take place on the democratic basis with the establishment of equality, justice, tolerance, and non-discrimination principles. In this context, issues of gender equality and the development of gender culture are important and relevant factors for the state and society as a whole. Thus, gender education and overcoming gender stereotypes become one of the links in the learning process at educational institutions of various levels, including higher ones. At schools, institutes and universities, it is necessary to create favourable environment for positive changes in overcoming gender inequality, avoiding gender discrimination, as well as conditions for participants of educational process to receive necessary information about gender culture essence and gender policy aspects in Ukraine and the EU.