Advancing Gender Balance through Feminized STEM Education

The most cited work of Dr Lalit Kishore, Jaipur based educator and researcher who is also also a Google Scholar [1], is on gender issues in STEM education. An AI prompt (Google, 2026) [2] 'Dr lalit Kishore educator gender and science' revealed that Kishore advocates for "feminizing" STEM education and utilizing gender-sensitive, low-cost pedagogy to bridge participation gaps for girls and women in science.

Core concepts on gender and science, on which Kishore has worked are as follows.

• De-sexing STEM: He works to dismantle the traditional "masculine image" associated with subjects like physics and mathematics to make them more inclusive.

• Feminist Pedagogy: He promotes frameworks—such as his "ABCs of Feminist Pedagogy"—that focus on collaborative learning, communication skills, and valuing gender as diversity rather than pushing for forced role reversals.

• Low-Cost and Hands-On Innovations: He designs accessible, toy-based, and micro-science techniques using everyday materials to engage rural and marginalized girls in scientific inquiry.

• Recognition: He is a recipient of the Findel-CASTME Award for his innovative contributions to science and STEM education. He was awarded for a project on feminization of maths education for girls who were at risk of failure.

Kishore, (2008) [3] addresses the under-representation of females in STEM fields by advocating for structural, gender-inclusive reforms in education. The research calls for de-masculinizing curricula and adopting collaborative feminist pedagogy to break down stereotypes and increase female participation. He advocates for bridging the gender gap by "demasculinising" curricula through cooperative, female friendly pedagogy. The research argues for replacing competitive, male-centric teaching methods with a "caring and sharing" framework to foster inclusivity and address structural barriers in Indian science and technology education

References

[1] Lalit Kishore, Research Fellow, NGO, Verified email at theplenumschool.edu. inhttps://scholar.google.com/citations?user=vZ23T6YAAAAJ&hl=en

[2]Google (2026, August 27). Dr lalit kishore educator gender and science, https://www.google.com/search?q=dr+lalit+kishore+educator+gender+and+science&oq

[3] Kishore, L. (2008). Girls, women in science & technology education. Merinews.

[4] Kishore, L. (2021, September 16). Need for gender equity in STEM courses stressed. CULP. wixsite.com