Open to first-year students. Enrollment limited to 25. Gender Issues and Education. This course considers education, especially classroom teaching, in relation to recent theory and research on gender. In addition to providing a feminist philosophical perspective on education, the course explores the implications of gender bias and females' ways of knowing, developing, and interacting for curriculum and classroom practice K-12.
Some attention is given also to women and educational leadership.
Extensive reading and writing and fieldwork in a school are expected. Open to first-year students. Enrollment limited to 25. Action research often begins with a general idea that some kind of improvement or change is desirable. For example, a teacher who is experiencing discipline problems in a classroom may seek an understanding of this issue with the help of trusted observers.