| CODE | ACA2010 | |||||||||
| TITLE | Diversity of Gender and Sexuality in Adult Learning Settings | |||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 02 - Years 2, 3 in Modular Undergraduate Course | |||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 5 | |||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 4 | |||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Arts, Open Communities and Adult Education | |||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | This study-unit explores the social construction and meaning of gender and sexualities in society. The discussion will also delve into socio-political and cultural contexts, with specific reference to the local context. It will introduce the main feminist theories and key concepts on gender, gender identity, sexuality and power, including violence, and discuss their relevance to adult learning settings. The discussion will also tackle intersections of gender and/or sexuality identities with other social identities such as disability, class, religion and ethnicity; with attention to how such intersections impact adult education and training contexts. Study-Unit Aims: This study-unit aims to provide engagement with the: 1. Social construction and meaning of gender and sexualities in society; 2. Relevance of main feminist theories and key concepts on gender, gender identity, sexuality and power to adult learning settings; and 3. Intersections of gender and/or sexuality identities with other social identities (e.g., disability, class, religion and ethnicity) and their impacts on adult education and training contexts. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: 1. Identify tenets of main feminist theories; 2. Define the concepts pertinent to gender and sexualities; 3. Discuss ways in which gender and sexuality are socially constructed; 4. Identify (potential) intersections of gender with other social identities, e.g., disability, class, religion and ethnicity; and 5. Identify (potential) impacts of genders and sexualities on adult education, training and development on adult education, training and development policies, initiatives and outcomes. 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: 1. Apply a gendered perspective to the analysis of adult education and training settings; 2. Apply a gendered perspective to the planning of a set adult education and training initiative; and 3. Analyze the local context's engagement with gender and sexuality diversity, with attention adult education and training policy and initiatives. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: Main Texts: - Bowl, M., 2012. Gender, masculinities and lifelong learning, London: Routledge. - Launius, C. & Hassel, H. (2018). Threshold Concepts in Women's and Gender Studies: Ways of Seeing, Thinking and Knowing. 2nd Ed. New York: Routledge. - Spade, Joan Z. & Valentine, Catherine G. (2011). The Kaleidoscope of Gender, prisms, patterns, and possibilities (3rd Ed.). USA: Pine Forge Press (a SAGE publication company). Supplementary Readings: - Edwards, R., & Usher, R. (2001). Lifelong learning: a postmodern condition of education? Adult education quarterly, 51(4), 273-287. - Davis, K., Evans, M. & Lorber, J. (Eds.) (2006). The Sage Handbook of Gender and Women’s Studies. London: Sage. (Available at UM Library and open access from https://www.scribd.com/document/459251501/Kathy-Davis-Mary-Evans-Judith-Lorber-Handbook-of-Gender-and-Women-s-Studies-pdf) - Lange, E. & Young, S., 2019. Gender-based violence as difficult knowledge: pedagogies for rebalancing the masculine and the feminine. International journal of lifelong education, 38(3), pp.301–326. - Mojab, S., & Gorman, R. (2001). The Struggle Over Lifelong Learning: A Marxist-Feminist Analysis. - Todd, Megan (2020) Sexualities and Society - An Introduction. London: Sage. - Vaccaro, A., Russell, E.I.A. & Koob, R.M., 2015. Students with Minoritized Identities of Sexuality and Gender in Campus Contexts: An Emergent Model. New directions for student services, 2015(152), pp.25–39. - Woodward, K. (2011). The Short Guide to Gender. U.K.: Policy Press. |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture and Independent Study | |||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Maria M. Brown (Co-ord.) Marceline Naudi |
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The availability of optional units may be subject to timetabling constraints. Units not attracting a sufficient number of registrations may be withdrawn without notice. It should be noted that all the information in the description above applies to study-units available during the academic year 2024/5. It may be subject to change in subsequent years. |
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