Psychology of Gender - OEN2313033

• Title: Psychology of Gender
• Guaranteed by: Katedra psychologie (41-KPSY)
• Faculty: Faculty of Education
• Actual: from 2013 to 2019
• Semester: both
• E-Credits: 6
• Hours per week, examination: 1/1, Ex [HT]
• Capacity: winter:0 / unknown (unknown); summer:unknown / unknown (unknown)
• Min. number of students: unlimited
• 4EU+: no
• Virtual mobility / capacity: no
• State of the course: taught
• Language: English
• Teaching methods: full-time
• Note: enabled for web enrollment; priority enrollment if the course is part of the study plan; you can enroll for the course in winter and in summer semester
• Guarantor: doc. PhDr. Irena Smetáčková, Ph.D.
• Teacher(s): doc. PhDr. Irena Smetáčková, Ph.D.

Annotation

Content of the course: Gender definition. Approaches to gender concept by various social sciences. Gender studies. Gender and sex. Biological and social determination of differences between women and men. Femininity and masculinity. Gender socialization. Gender role. Gender identity. Gender in private and public sphere. Gender and employment. Gender and families. Gender and school system, proportion of female and male teachers, gender gap in teachers´ salaries Gender and school, curriculum, textbooks Gender and teachers, professional role, pedagogical interaction, teaching methods, evaluation Gender and students, skills, school results, educational and working careers

Last update: MORAVCOI/PEDF.CUNI.CZ (06.02.2013)

Aim of the course

The purpose of the course is to present the concept of gender and theoretical and methodological background for the application of gender perspective to school reality. The emphases will be laid on gender sensitiviness and the link between current pedagogical and psychological theories and gender. The attention will be paid to reading scientific papers, research results and practical examples that illustrate gender interference of social and school reality.

Last update: MORAVCOI/PEDF.CUNI.CZ (06.02.2013)

Course completion requirements

To pass the examination (and get the credit) it is neccessary:

1) the attendance (just the one absence is tolerated)

2) to read the articles and to prepare the particular tasks accross the course

3) to wright the final essay

Last update: MORAVCOI/PEDF.CUNI.CZ (06.02.2013)

Literature

Thorne, B. (2003). Gender play. Girls and Boys in School. New Brunswik: Rutgers University Press.

Bem, S. (1993). The lenses of gender: Transforming the debate on sexual inequality. New Haven: Yale University Press.

Wilkinson, L.C., Marret, C.B. (eds.) (1985). Gender Influences in Classroom Interaction. Orlando: Academic Press.

Luke, C., Gore, J. (1992). Feminism and Critical Pedagogy. New York: Rooutledge.

Francis, B., Skeleton, Ch. (2001). Investigating Gender. Contemporary perspectives in education. Buckingham: Open University Press.

Basow, S.A. (1998). Student evaluations: The role of gender bias and teaching styles. In: Collins, L. H., Chrisler, J. C. Career Strategies for Women in Academia: Arming Athena. Tousand Oaks.

Blair, M., Holland, J., Sheldon, S. (1995). Identity and Diversity. Gender and the Experience of Education. Clevedon: Multilingual matters.

Last update: SKALOVA/PEDF.CUNI.CZ (17.12.2010)

Syllabus

Information for a spring semestr 2013

Organization of the course: - 6 meetings , for each lesson to read the article an/or to realize the practical task

1.meeting
- content: introduction to course, the term gender

2.meeting
- content: theories of M. Kimmel and S. Bem
- task: to read an article A (SIS), to describe your own school experience in gendered situation (the text send at least 4 days before a lesson)

3.meeting
- content: teachers, curriculum, textbooks
- task: to read an article B (SIS), to analyze one textbook in gender perspective

4.meeting
- content: communication between teachers and students and in peer groups, evaluation, achievments
- task: to read an article C (SIS), to prepare a short summary from the text

5.meeting
- content: gender segregation in education, single-sex education, career choices
- task: to read an article D (SIS), to prepare a short summary from the text

6.meeting
- content: gender equal policy, government and NGO´s projects
- task: to describe the situation in your own country, to find and evaluate one project concerning gender equality in education

Last update: MORAVCOI/PEDF.CUNI.CZ (06.02.2013)