COURSE UNIT TITLE

: WORK, FAMILY AND GENDER

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
KDN 6028 WORK, FAMILY AND GENDER ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Women's and Family Studies

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR TUNÇ DEMIRBILEK

Offered to

Women's and Family Studies

Course Objective

The objective of this course is to question the relationship among gender, working and family and to provide students the ability to evaluate practices which enables the gender equality in working life.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To explain the relationship among gender, working and family
2   To discuss problems related with family and working life in terms of women
3   To evaluate womens working conditions in different sectors and industries
4   To discuss the effects of the change in economic, social and cultural structures on women employment
5   Being able to analyse current problems in gender and working

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Family and Gender
2 Gender and Working Identity
3 Teory and Working: Feminist Theory
4 Women Labour in Variety Types of Society-1: Industrial Society
5 Women Labour in Variety Types of Society-2: Post Industrial Society
6 Labour Market and Gender
7 Gendered Social Security Practices
8 Midterm exam
9 Gender Equality and Care Labor
10 Gender Discrimination in Working Life
11 Gender Equality in terms of Career of Working Women
12 Working Mothers and Work-Life Balance of Working Women
13 Research Areas: Violence in the Workplace, Occupational Health and Safety, Emotional ve Aesthetic Labour for Working Women
14 Research Areas: Women Powerty, Women Entrepreneurship, Unionisation for Working Women

Recomended or Required Reading

BIÇERLI, M. Kemal. (2018). Çalışma Ekonomisi. 10. Baskı, Istanbul: Beta Basım.
1. Çalışma Hayatında Psikolojik Taciz (Mobbing) Panel ve Çalıştayı Bildiriler Kitabı. (2013). (Der. Ismail Akgün), Çalışma ve Sosyal Güvenlik Eğitim ve Araştırma Merkezi (ÇASGEM), Ankara.
GHOSE, Ajit K., MAJID, Nomaan ve ERNST, Christoph. (2010). Küresel Istihdam Sorunu. (Çev. Edt.: Ömer Faruk Çolak), Ankara: Efil Yayınevi.
Global Employment Trends 2011. (2011). Global Employment Trends 2011: The Challenge of Jobs Recovery, Geneva: ILO Publication.
KARATUNA, Işıl ve TINAZ, Pınar. (2010). Işyerinde Psikolojik Taciz Sağlık Sektöründe Kesitsel Bir Araştırma, Türkiye Işçi Sendikaları Konfederasyonu, Ankara.
KORAY, Meryem. (1991). Çalışma Yaşamı Penceresinden Kadın Gerçekleri, Izmir: Türkiye Sosyal Siyasal Araştırmalar Vakfı.
KORAY, Meryem, DEMIRBILEK, Sevda ve DEMIRBILEK, Tunç (1999). Gıda Işkolunda Çalışan Kadınların Koşulları ve Geleceği, Ankara: KSSGM.
MAKAL, Ahmet ve TOKSÖZ, Gülay. (2012). Geçmişten Günümüze Türkiye de Kadın Emeği, Ankara: Ankara Üniversitesi Yayınevi.
PASCALL, Gillian. (1996). Social Policy: A New Feminist Analysis, London: Routledge
TOKSÖZ, Gülay. (2007). Türkiye de Kadın Istihdamının Durumu, Ankara: ILO Yayını.
TOKSÖZ, Gülay ve ERDOĞDU, Seyhan. (1998). Sendikacı Kadın Kimliği, Ankara: Imge Kitapevi.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

All learning outcomes are assessed by midterm and final exams.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + FIN* 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + RST* 0.40


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

All learning outcomes are assessed by midterm and final exams.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1. Students are obligated to participate 70% of the lectures
2. All kinds of plagiarism and attempt of plagiarism shall be concluded by disciplinary punishment
3. Students supposed to read the materials before lecture and participate the classroom discussions
4. Students are expected to make presentations about the subjects given by the lecturer.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

0.232.3010351
t.demirbilek@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Thursday, 16.00-17.00 pm

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Student Presentations 5 1 5
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 1 14
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 15 15
Preparing assignments 1 15 15
Preparing presentations 1 10 10
Final 1 3 3
Midterm 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 117

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8
LO.1555
LO.2555
LO.35555
LO.455555
LO.55555

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