COURSE UNIT TITLE

: EDUCATION POLICIES AND GENDER EQUALITY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
KDN 5044 EDUCATION POLICIES AND GENDER EQUALITY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Women's Studies

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR CEM SERKAN ATLI

Offered to

Women's Studies

Course Objective

The main aim of the course is to open discussion on how education policies reflect gender perspectives.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To understand the sociological and philosophical aspects of education
2   Knowing the theoretical discussions related to education
3   Ability to analyze state and education policies in terms of gender
4   Explaining the effects of education policies on gender equality
5   Developing recommendations to improve gender equality in education

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Sociological and philosophical meaning of education
2 Theories regarding education
3 Education policies and definitions of gender concepts
4 Gender theories: Feminist theories, gender roles and their relationship with education
5 The aims and social functions of education policies
6 Historical development and gender dimension of education policies in Türkiye
7 The educational status of women in Türkiye: policies and implementations
8 General evaluation
9 Midterm
10 Gender inequalities in access to education: Factors affecting enrollment, attendance and dropout
11 Gender in the curriculum: Textbooks, language use and issues of representation
12 Gender in higher education: Access and female representation in academia
13 Disadvantaged groups: Education of girls in immigrant, refugee, disabled and rural areas
14 Gender equality-focused education projects and civil society contributions
15 International documents and gender equality
16 General evaluations

Recomended or Required Reading

Eğitimin Cinsiyeti (2021). L. Işıl Ünal, Derya Kayacan, Sebahat Şahin, Yeşer Torun (Derleyen). Dipnot Yayınları
Sayılan, F. & Özkazanç, A. (2009). Iktidar ve direniş bağlamında toplumsal cinsiyet: Bir okul etnografisi. Toplum ve Bilim, 114, 51-73.
Dedeoglu, S. (2009). Eşitlik mi Ayrımcılık mı Türkiyede Sosyal Devlet, Cinsiyet Eşitliği Politikaları ve Kadın Istihdamı. Çalışma ve Toplum, 2, 41-54.
Aratemur-Çimen, C. & Bayhan, S. (2018). Değişen ders kitaplarında sekülerizm ve toplumsal cinsiyet eşitliği araştırması.
Aydagül, B. (2019). Türkiye s progress on gender equality in education rests on gender politics. Turkish Policy Quarterly, 18(1), 45-57.
Çimen, C. A. (2013). Orta Sınıf ve Eğitimde Neoliberal Yeniden Yapılanma. Eleştirel Pedagoji Dergisi, 10-13.
Duman, A. (2010). Female education inequality in Türkiye: factors affecting girls schooling decisions. Interbational Journal of Education Economics and Development. 1(3): 243-258.
Duman, A. (2008). Education and Income Inequality in Türkiye: Does Schooling Matter Financial Theory and Practice, 32 (3): 369-385.
Malhotra, A., Pande, R., Grown, C. (2003). Impact of Investments in Female Education on Gender Equality.
http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTGENDER/Resources/ImpactInvestmentsFemaleEdu.pdf

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures, in class discussions, assignments and presentations.

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

To be announced.

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1. 70% attendance is obligatory.
2. Any kind of plagiarism will be subject to disciplinary action.
3. Preparation to weekly lectures (reading the respective material) and contribution to in class discussion is obligatory.
4. Students prepare presentations about topics given by the lecturer.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Cem Serkan Atlı
cemserkan.atli@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Student Presentations 1 3 3
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 3 42
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparing assignments 1 15 15
Preparing presentations 1 5 5
Final 1 3 3
Midterm 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 133

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8
LO.13242431
LO.24121425
LO.35541435
LO.45441525
LO.51151551

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