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This course examines the sociology of gender in educational settings. We shall examine such issues as unequal access to schooling, adolescent culture, the gendered nature of higher education, and single-sex schooling. The course treats gender as a fundamental base of social inequality. The literature on education and gender is vast and growing rapidly. We can do little more than sample this literature in one semester. The syllabus is a general guide, and we may depart from it as we go along. We may reschedule a few class sessions. The course will be run as a seminar, with students taking considerable responsibility for class readings and classroom discussion. Class activities will vary from day to day, ranging from lectures to open discussions to student presentations. Students will be active participants in the course. You are encouraged and expected to ask questions, raise issues, and otherwise contribute to classroom discussion. You must do all of the reading on time. Your grade will be based on several short (3-5 pages) written assignments, a more extended research paper, and your presentation of the research paper to the class. I shall also take into account the quality of your overall participation. I am not obligated to accept late assignments. I shall accept serious attempts to rewrite papers with no penalty. In the shorter papers, you should demonstrate that you understand the major issues at stake in the particular area. Your paper should be significantly more than simply a summary of the reading. The papers should be critical and analytical, searching for points of contention or agreement among different authors, identifying crucial theoretical and empirical points, and discussing the broader implications. I shall talk more about this in class.
Your research
paper should be presented in a style suitable for submission to
a scholarly journal. It should follow the general format and
structure of a research paper in your field, including a title
page, abstract, and bibliography. You should turn it in on both
disk and as hard copy. A one‑page proposal of your research
paper is due on February 21, 2005.
I shall talk about all of this more in class.
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