Gender and Technology Training Guidelines
SESSION TWO
TECHNOLOGY IS............
An understanding of the elements that make up 'technology' underlies all of the work
in the different modules. It is suggested that that session two is always used as a
starter module
PURPOSE
TIME
MATERIALS:
PREPARATION
ACTIVITY:
Step 1
Step 2
Step 3
To help the participants clarify their concept of technology
1 1/2 hours
Cards describing typical activities of women and men (see resource
pack)
Two flip charts - one with the heading ‘YES’
and the other with the heading ‘NO’
Blue tack/cellotape
Change the names on the cards with common local names
Prepare two or three cards for each task (depending on the number of
participants), mix them up and divide them equally among the members
of the group. Ask them to think about the statements on the cards. Do
they describe what a technical activity is?
Ask participants to stick the cards on the flip chart marked ‘YES’ if they
think the statement does describe what a technical activity is, and on
the flip chart marked ‘NO’ if it doesn’t.
Discuss the statements asking each participant to justify why they put
the statement under ‘YES’ or ‘NO’.
Facilitator’s notes:
There may be some discussion at this stage about the YES and NO categories,
especially if participants have classified the same activity in different ways. The
facilitator could ask people to explain why they decided that a particular activity was,
or was not technical. This will lead to step 4. An alternative would be to have a
longer discussion at this point.
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