Catalog Course Description

This course will examine the role of gender in education and the influences on classroom discourse, curriculum, and teaching and learning styles. We will also look at current trends in school reform, how schools and alternative programs address issues of gender bias. This course will provide on opportunity to consider the experiences of students and teachers as "gendered" beings in the educational system.

Summer Term

5.5 hours of Instructor presentation of course materials per week and 11.5 hours of Outside Work Hours per week.

Spring Term

6 hours of Outside Work Hours per week and 3 hours of Instructor presentation of course materials per week.

Fall Term

6 hours of Outside Work Hours per week and 3 hours of Instructor presentation of course materials per week.