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SPECIAL TOPIC: GENDER EQUITY ISSUES IN EDUCATION

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(E1.O0) ?

(Cat. # 30354)

Fall Semester, 1992

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Instructor: Celia Haig-Brown, Ph.D.

(September 8— December 4) ?

Office:

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MPX 8635

Wednesday, 4:30 - 7:20 p.m.

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Phone:

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291-3459

Location: MPX 7500F

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291-3395 (message)

PREREQUISITE:

EDUC 4011402.

COURSE DESCRIPTION

This course will explore the historical and cultural background of gender and equality

issues as well as gender equity in the workplace, especially educational settings.

Emphasis will be placed on gender sensitive classroom practices including analyzing

curriculum, evaluating learning resources, and developing classroom and school

strategies.

COURSE REQUIREMENTS

1.

Class presentation based on existing gender research in particular area of interest

(focus on lesson aids, curriculum materials, an area of the curriculum, students at a

particular age or grade levels, implications of the Year 2000, The Primary,

Intermediate and Graduation Programs, integration, etc.) 30%

2.

Critical reflection journals on gender equity. (To be submitted twice during the

course) 30%

3.

Final paper or curriculum project developed from class presentation and discussions,

related to gender equity. 30%

4.

Regular attendance is essential because of the importance of classroom interaction for

the development of understandings in gender equity. 10%

TEXTBOOKS

Briskin, Linda. Feminist Pedagog

y : Teaching and Learning Liberation. Ottawa:

Criaw. ISBN: 0-919-653-88-X.

Connell, Robert W. Gender and Power. Sydney: Allen and Unwin.

Ellsworth, Elizabeth. Wh

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Doesn't This Feel Empowering? Harvard Education Review

Reprints.

Fine, Michelle. Sexualit y . Schooling and Adolescent Females. Harvard Education

Review Reprints.

Gaskell, J.S. Claiming An Education: Feminism and Canadian Schools. Garamond,

1989. ISBN: 0-912-908-02-4.

Gilligan, Carol. In a Different Voice. Harvard Education Review Reprints.

Weiler, Kathleen. Women Teaching For Change: Gender Class and Power. Mass.:

Bergin & Garvey, PubI. ISBN: 0-89789-128-7.