GENDER EQUALITY

GKE452

Course Code: GKE452
Semester: -
Theory+Practice: 2 + 0
ECTS: 4

Course Type

Elective Course

Course Level

Bachelor's Degree

Year of Study

Semester

ECTS

Name of Lecturer(s)

Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students;

Explain problems in the context of gender.
Offer solutions to problems in the context of gender equality.
Evaluate the social status of women and the problems they experience in critical areas.

Mode of Delivery

Face to face

Prerequisites

Recommended Optional Programme Components

Course Description

This course aims to address issues within the context of gender equality from a critical perspective. Within the framework of the course, gender identity and socialization, the social status of women from different historical/sociological/philosophical/psychological perspectives, and the problems women face in critical areas such as education, politics, and working life will be examined.

Course Contents

WEEK	TOPICS
1^st Week	Introduction ? Distribution of the course syllabus
2^nd Week	Emancipatory sociology and feminism
3^rd Week	The concept and history of gender
4^th Week	Learning gender roles
5^th Week	Gender in the media
6^th Week	Gender equality in education
7^th Week	Gender and language
8^th Week	Midterm exam
9^th Week	Gender in the private sphere (student research and presentations)
10^th Week	Gender in the public sphere (student research and presentations)
11^th Week	Gender in culture and the arts (student research and presentations)
12^th Week	Gender in sports (student research and presentations)
13^th Week	Politics and gender (student research and presentations)
14^th Week	Violence against women ? child marriages (student research and presentations)

Recommended or Required Reading

Arat, N.(1996). Türkiye'de kadınların çalışma yaşamında
karşılaştıkları zorlukların sosyo-kültürel nedenleri. N. Arat (ed.)
Türkiye?de kadın olmak: Kadın sorunlarından kesitler içinde (s.43-
55). İstanbul: Say.
Esen, Y. (2015). Toplumsal Cinsiyet Eşitliği ve Eğitim.
Tan, M. (2000). Eğitimde Kadın-Erkek Eşitliği ve Türkiye Gerçeği. M.
Tan, Y. Ecevit ve S. S. Üşür (Haz.) Kadın-Erkek Eşitliğine Doğru
Yürüyüş: Eğitim, Çalışma Yaşamı ve Siyaset içinde (s.30).
İstanbul: TÜSİAD.
Tan, M. (2007). Eğitimde cinsiyetçilik: Farkında mıyız? Kadın, 8 Mart,
Eğitim-Sen Bülten Eki (s.15-18). Ankara: Desen.
Tan, M. (2008). Eğitim. M. Tan, Y. Ecevit, S. S. Üşür ve S. Acuner
(Haz.) Türkiye'de toplumsal cinsiyet eşitliği: Sorunlar, öncelikler
ve çözüm önerileri içinde (s.23-105). İstanbul: TÜSİAD-KAGİDER.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Discussion
Questions/Answers
Lecture

Assessment Methods and Criteria

	Quantity	Percentage (%)
Mid-term	1	30
Assignment	1	20
Total(%)		50
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%)		50
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%)		50
Total(%)		100

ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload

Activities	Quantity	Duration (Hour)	Total Workload (Hour)
Midterm exam	1	2	2
Preparation for Quiz
Individual or group work	2	21	42
Preparation for Final exam	1	25	25
Course hours	13	2	26
Preparation for Midterm exam	1	24	24
Laboratory (including preparation)
Final exam	1	2	2
Homework
Total Work Load			121
Total Work Load / 30 (h)			4.03
ECTS Credit of the Course			4

Language of Instruction

Work Placement(s)

Programme Qualifications / Learning Outcomes

	LO1	LO2	LO3
K1	X	X	X
K2
K3
K4
K5
K6
K7	X	X	X
K8
K9
K10