Course Schedule
DRAFT IN PROGRESS*
| Date | Topic | Readings & Activities | Assignments/ Activities | |
| Week 1 | August 23 | No Class | Syllabus | Review course materials |
| Week 2 | August 30 | Overview & Introductions | Claim an Education, Adrienne Rich
Teaching to Transgress, bell hooks (chapters 1 & 8) |
Set course intentions & agreements
Begin Weekly Reflection Journal |
| Week 3 | September 6 | Girls’ Education Globally:
Stories and Narratives |
The Red Pencil
I am Malala (excerpts) Girl Power in the Age of Millenials (excerpts), Christine Horansky |
Social Identity Mapping
Gender Equality Quiz |
| Week 4 | September 13 | Definitions & Theoretical Frameworks: Gender & Education | Looking at the World through a Gendered Lens: Feminism and Global Studies, Ann J. Cahill (chapter 9 of Understanding the Global Experience)
Gender and Education for All: Setting the Scene (chapter 1), Elaine Unterhalter Recontextualizing Gender Studies in Education (linked below) |
Film – To Educate a Girl
https://www.linktv.org/shows/viewchange/episodes/to-educate-a-girl (Uganda & Nepal) Create Study Guide — terms and definitions |
| Week 5 | September 20 | Why Girls & Women Matter (International Development) | “Girls Count: A Global Investment and Action Agenda.” Chapter 1-3. Girls_Count_2009
Paradise Beneath Her Feet by Isabel Coleman. Random House 2010. Under Western Eyes, Chandra Mohanty |
Part 1 of Biographical Project due
(in class) |
| Week 6 | September 27 | Gender Studies/ Gaps in Education Globally | Global Gender Gap Report 2015 (Read pp. 3-49 & select country profiles for your region for midterm project)
(Re)contextualising Gender Studies in Education (review) EFA Gender Summary Report (Read Part 1 & skim Part 2) |
Video: |
| Week 7 | October 4 | Mapping Global Gender Inequalities in Education | Midterm
Read selected Resources |
Midterm Project Due
Presentations & View film in class |
| October 6 | Fall break: No class | Read 3 resources | ||
| Week 8 | October 11 | Bridge: From Interventions to Social Change | The Art of Social Change
Feminist Formations (Gender Equity & Global Education and Development Agenda) |
Film/ TED talks
Class activity: Literacy |
| Week 9 | October 18 | Why Women’s Education? Rationales and Benefits
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Keeping the Promise: Five Benefits of Girls’ Secondary Education, by May A. Rihani
Schooling Women and Girls: A Means, not an End, Elaine Unterhalter (chapter 3) Boys and Masculinities in Education |
Visit:
Global Village Project Mix it Up Lunch 11:30-12:45 pm |
| Week 10 | October 25 | No Class | Research/ Interview Day | Read 3 articles from the Resources Section and post a reading response about them.
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| Week 11 | November 1 | Solutions
#Movements for Education |
#Girl Rising
What Works in Girls’ Education (chapter 4) |
Film: Girl Rising (view before class)
Friday 10/28 Time: 11:45-1:30p.m. Part 2 of Biographical Project due |
| Week 12 | November 8 | Global Education Interventions | Girls Schooling, Gender Equity, and the Global Education Agenda, Elaine Unterhalter
Gender, Education and Development, Christine Heward et al |
View before class:
Girl Rising |
| Week 13 | November 15 | Unintended Consequences:postcolonial Critiques | Review: Under Western Eyes. READ: Revisited, Chandra Mohanty
The Reductive Seduction of Other People’s Problems and The “Third World” Is Not Your Classroom by Courtney Martin Critical Perspectives in Education (Chapters 1 and 24) |
Film (view before class):
Schooling the World (parts 1-3) |
| Week 14 | November 22 | Alternatives and Ethics: Gender and Education | What if Engaged, Activist Scholarship is a Moral Imperative?
Are we more interested in feeling good than doing good? Children Educate Themselves IV: Lessons From Sudbury Valley, Peter Gray |
View before class:
The Voluntourist (documentary) Presentations/ peer discussion on 3-part biographical projects |
| Thursday, November 24 | Thanksgiving break: No class | Read 3 resource articles & Review Key Concepts and Definitions | View film
Schooling the World in entirety |
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| Week 15 | November 29 | Towards Global Citizenship & Engagement | Beyond Good Intentions
Innovation (Lessons from the Global South) |
Written — Parts 1, 2 & 3 Of Biographical Project due |
| Week 16 | December 6 | Reading Day | ||
| December 8-12 | Reflection Gathering | Global Learning Reflections | All Assignments Due |
*This schedule is open ongoing to revisions.
