Gendered Identities and Education

The main aim of this course is to contribute to students’ understandings of the ways in which gender(s) are being formed and transformed within and through education. The students will be presented with the various social constructions that contribute to the construction and negotiation of gender identities. An important issue that will be raised and discussed is the interplay between gender and other identities, like “race” and social status. Another aim of this course is to discuss gender inequalities and gender stereotypes in society as they are presented through the media and are being followed in the family and in the education system. Finally, feminist research methodologies and studies about education and gender based on them will be discussed.