Enrollment is limited to 25. Open to first-year students. 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. Enrollment is limited to 25. It addresses several questions. Throughout the course, students consider how theories of learning relate to educational practice. Each student spends thirty hours observing and tutoring at a local school.