EDUC - 216. Gender, Culture and Schooling

3 credit(s)
This course is an introduction to the study of gender in schools using a cross-cultural perspective. The course will examine the social and cultural construction of gender, gender roles, and the institutions that influence, and are influenced by, gender. Central to the course is the investigation of how gender and sexuality exist today, how they have changed over time and place, and their relevance to schools in both industrial and developing societies. Specific topics include: the cultural construction of gender and personhood; sexuality and the body; the sexual division of labor; kinship; property and the state; politics and reproduction; and the global economy. We will examine the following school based topics as well: models and outcomes of single sex education, discrimination based on gender, sex, and sexuality, the Similarity hypothesis, among others. To this end, the course will critically examine the interconnections between gender, sexuality, power, inequality and access to education. This course fulfills a requirement for the Minor in Educational Studies, Race and Ethnic Studies Minor, and the Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Minor.

Attribute: ARTS, AMSC, RAES, WSTU

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