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J-3:
Gender Equity Issues in Education
Instructor:
K.Pepper-SmithfM.Madsen
Location:
Nanaimo ?
*UVjc ?
SFU ?
UBC
Date:
July 4-13, 1994
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Course Number: ?
ED-D 487
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" EDUC 372 ?
EDST 428
Days: Monday—Saturday ?
Section Number: ?
P52 ?
T3.00 ?
96W
Time: 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. ?
TT or Cat Number: 12649
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96044 ?
81242
COURSE DESCRIPTION
This Institute 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 non-sexist classroom practices including
analyzing curriculum, evaluating learning resources, and developing classroom and school strategies.
INSTRUCTOR PROFILE
Katherine Pepper-Smith
has taught in northern B.C. and downtown Toronto. She received her M.A. ('86) and Ph.D.
('92) in Philosophy of Education from the University of Toronto. She specializes in philosophical analyses of educational
gender issues. Katherine currently supervises Malaspina student-teachers during their six-week placements, offers Gender
Equity workshops to local school districts, and will teach a Feminist Ethics course at Malaspina College in the Fall.
Mary Madsen
holds a Master of Education degree in Women's Studies Curriculum Development from SFU where she
taught as a Sessional Instructor in the Women's Studies Department for four years. Recently she has taught W.S. 380
(Women's Health: Men's Medicine) atMalaspina College. She Co-Chairs the Status of Women Committee in Nanaimo
School District where she currently works as a Resource Room teacher.
COURSE REQUIREMENTS
1. Attendance and equitable participation in class discussion and activities ..................................10%
2.
Reflective journal on gender equity; critical analysis and subjective response to readings .......30%
3.
Small group presentations; focus and lead discussion on the readings, including:
"what is" (The Presence of Absence)
"what could be" (The Absence of the Present)
"the links" (Strategies for Change) ..........................................................................................30%
4.
Test on all course material ...........................................................................................................30%
READINGS
Gaskell, J. and McLaren, A., eds.
Women and Education,
2nd ed. Calgary: Detselig Enterprises Ltd., 1991.
Gaskell, J., McLaren A., and Novogrodsky, M.
Claiming an Education: Feminism and Canadian Schools.
Toronto:
Garamond Press, 1989.
Klein, Susan, ed.
Handbook for Achieving Sex Equity Through Education.
Baltimore: John Hopkins University Press,
1989.
Various handouts.