Gendered Education (5cr)
Code: WSTU1518-3004
General information
- Enrollment
- 01.12.2023 - 05.03.2024
- Registration for the implementation has ended.
- Timing
- 12.03.2024 - 26.03.2024
- Implementation has ended.
- Number of ECTS credits allocated
- 5 cr
- Mode of delivery
- Contact learning
- Teaching languages
- english
- Seats
- 0 - 50
Evaluation scale
H-5
Objective
The course offers students perspectives for examining gendered practices in upbringing and formal education, as well as conceptual tools for analysing and interpreting gendered meaning systems in education.
Execution methods
Tutored study group: orientative lectures by tutor and presentations of each student (15 h)
Accomplishment methods
Regular attendance, active participation, presentation and successful completing of the final assignment. The final assignment is a reflective essay.
Content
Concepts of knowledge and power will be introduced and discussed as background to analyzing gendered learning, teaching and gender structures in education.
Gendered structures and practices will be discussed using cases and other materials from pre-school to university level, as well as adult education.
Materials
Literature: Queer social movements and outreach work in schools: a global perspective 2020. Francis, Dennis, Kjaran, Jon Ingvar & Lehtonen, Jukka (eds.) (E-book).
Further reading will be suggested and provided during the course by tutor.
Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)
Grades 5-1/fail
Failed:
The accomplishment is very insufficient, includes mistakes or considerable misunderstandings.
1-2
The reguirements are answered sufficiently or in a satisfactory way but the essay consists of listing of issues or it deals with issues superficially. The accomplishment may include mistakes or obscurity.
Assessment criteria, good (3)
Good and very good (3-4)
The requirements of the task are answered well, the accomplishment shows understanding and skills to analyse and argue. Student has formed a holistic picture that might include shortages.
Assessment criteria, excellent (5)
Outstanding (5)
The accomplishment is a wide entity and shows knowledge of multidimensional treatise. It reveals independent thinking and ideas. The accomplishment is a whole entirety that includes well justified and argued, critical consideration. The essay is well written.