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2020/2021

Gender, Families and Educational Institutions

Code: 105792 ECTS Credits: 6
Degree Type Year Semester
2503878 Sociocultural Gender Studies OB 2 1
The proposed teaching and assessment methodology that appear in the guide may be subject to changes as a result of the restrictions to face-to-face class attendance imposed by the health authorities.

Contact

Name:
Ingrid Agud Morell
Email:
Ingrid.Agud@uab.cat

Use of Languages

Principal working language:
catalan (cat)
Some groups entirely in English:
No
Some groups entirely in Catalan:
Yes
Some groups entirely in Spanish:
No

Teachers

Marta Bertrán Tarrés
Ingrid Agud Morell

Prerequisites

There are no prerequisites

Objectives and Contextualisation

The subject will focus on the study of the organizational forms, such as family or others, and its relationship with educational institutions. Likewise, educational conceptualizations based on emerging discourses in gender studies will be analyzed.

Competences

  • Advise on socio-educational action processes to promote citizen participation in equality issues.
  • Express correctly and in a non-sexist or homophobic manner both orally and in writing.
  • Interpreting and interrelating the conceptual bases of feminist theories. 
  • Proposing corrective actions of the violences tha ttrigger the types and degrees of discrimination on the basis of sex, gender and sexual orientation.
  • Students must be capable of collecting and interpreting relevant data (usually within their area of study) in order to make statements that reflect social, scientific or ethical relevant issues.
  • Students must have and understand knowledge of an area of study built on the basis of general secondary education, and while it relies on some advanced textbooks it also includes some aspects coming from the forefront of its field of study.

Learning Outcomes

  1. Describe the links between school and family and their influence on the formation of a more just citizenship.
  2. Identify the different socio-educational models in history and their contribution to the generation, reproduction or overcoming of inequalities.
  3. Identify the inconsistencies present in educational, social and professional practice, between the theoretical discourses on gender equality and everyday events.
  4. Incorporate the concepts of postcolonial, feminist and intersectional perspectives for the analysis of the different socio-educational realities.
  5. Propose activities that contribute to becoming aware of the consequences of a differentiated socialization based on the sex of the people.
  6. Propose coeducation practices from gender diversity.
  7. Students must be capable of collecting and interpreting relevant data (usually within their area of study) in order to make statements that reflect social, scientific or ethical relevant issues.
  8. Students must have and understand knowledge of an area of study built on the basis of general secondary education, and while it relies on some advanced textbooks it also includes some aspects coming from the forefront of its field of study.
  9. Use non-sexist resources and alternatives in work spaces, education and coexistence.

Content

 1.- Childhoods

1.1.- Childhoods, inequalities and inclusive educational practices.

1.2.- Participation, groups and leadership.
2.- Families
2.1.- Parenting and parenting models from an intersectional and gender perspective.
2.2.- Analysis of the (dis) continuities between educational and family institutions.
3.- Educational institutions
3.1.- Educational organizational culture from a gender perspective.
3.2.- Educational community, critical citizenship and gender relations.

Methodology

The sessions will be theoretical but expects a high participation by the student. In accordance with the principles of feminist pedagogy (Emily F Henderson- Gender and Education), the student also delivers "content" and influences the design of the class. In addition to using traditional sources of information, such as academic journals and books, the student's own experiences and professors are used as "learning materials". The purpose of using experience as a resource is twofold: in the first place, experiences are not discussed that have not been documented in the academic work, and secondly, the participants of the class undergo a transformative learning. Transforming Learning: Feminist pedagogy aims to ensure that class participants (students and teachers) acquire not only new knowledge but also change direction. This may mean understanding that personal interpretations of experience or social phenomena can be re-read and validated in a new and critical way.

 

The proposed teaching methodology and evaluation may undergo some modification depending on the attendance restrictions imposed by the health authorities.

Activities

Title Hours ECTS Learning Outcomes
Type: Directed      
Full group sessions 50 2 1, 2, 4, 5, 6
Group work and individual work. Tutoring 25 1 8
Readings, elaboration of essays and discussions 75 3 3, 4, 8, 9

Assessment

The evaluation activities are:

- Individual project (40% of the overall score)

- A group project (40% of the overall score)

- Active participation in the sessions (20% of the overall score)

 

At the time of carrying out each evaluation activity, the teacher will inform the student (Moodle) of the procedure and date of revision of the grades.

Students can access the resit of these evaluative activities in case they fail some project (individual or group). In order to participate in the resit, students should have been previously evaluated of those activities which weight is equivalent to a minimum of 2/3 parts of the total qualification.

The student will receive the grade of Non-evaluable as long as they have not submitted more than 30% of the evaluation activities.

In the event that the student makes any irregularity that may lead to a significant variation in the grade of an assessment act, this assessment act will be graded with a 0, regardless of the disciplinary process that may be instructed. In the event that several irregularities occur in the acts of evaluation of the same subject, the final grade for this subject will be 0.

Assessment Activities

Title Weighting Hours ECTS Learning Outcomes
Group work 40 0 0 2, 3, 4, 6, 9
Individual 40 0 0 5, 8, 7, 9
Participation 20 0 0 1, 4, 6, 9

Bibliography

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ROJAS GAVIRIA, Pilar, et al. Motherhood in migration: schools as acculturation agents. Consumption Markets & Culture, 2018, p. 1-23.

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