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 5012 EDUCATION POLICIES AND GENDER EQUALITY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8

Offered By

Women's Studies

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR NEVZAT KAYA

Offered to

Women's Studies

Course Objective

The course objective is to discuss the education policies and the main role of state in shaping those education policies from the viewpoint of gender equality.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   to be able to express the notion of state and state feminism
2   to be able to understand education policies against gender discrimination
3   to be able to analyze state and education policies from the aspect of gender and women
4   to be able to discuss comparatively the role of state on education policies
5   to be able to evaluate the main education policies in developed and developing countries from the viewpoint of women and gender studies.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The holistic view towards state, state as process, state feminism
2 Equality based on laws and de facto equality
3 Policies that provide equal opportunities and policies against gender discrimination
4 State from the perspective of women and analyses of education policies
5 General policies against discrimination and towards education
6 Specific policies towards female education
7 The educational status of women in Turkey: policies and implementations
8 Comparative perspectives in state s education policies
9 Education and female education models in developed and developing countries
10 A feminist approach towards gender equality policies
11 Reports and evaluations of international organisations on gender based discrimination in education
12 The impact of investments in female education on gender equality, family, society and work life
13 Student presentations
14 General evaluations

Recomended or Required Reading

Çoker, B. (2002). Women s education in Turkey: Education policies and gender equality (unpublished doctoral dissertation). University of Southern California, Los Angeles.
Duman, A. (2010). Female education inequality in Turkey: factors affecting girls schooling decisions. Interbational Journal of Education Economics and Development. 1(3): 243-258.
Duman, A. (2008). Education and Income Inequality in Turkey: Does Schooling Matter Financial Theory and Practice, 32 (3): 369-385.
Dedeoglu, S. (2009). Eşitlik mi Ayrımcılık mı Türkiye de Sosyal Devlet, Cinsiyet Eşitliği Politikaları ve Kadın Istihdamı. Çalışma ve Toplum, 2, 41-54.
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


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

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 instructor.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

berna.coker@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
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 7 98
Preparation for midterm exam 1 15 15
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Preparing assignments 1 8 8
Preparing presentations 1 6 6
Final 1 3 3
Midterm 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 195

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8
LO.1
LO.24
LO.34444
LO.444
LO.5444

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