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Gender studies

Class at Faculty of Education |
OPBY2P134B

Syllabus

Introduction to gender studies, the concept of intersectionality

Gender in education

Intersectionality in schools 

Gender and health

Excursion

Annotation

The aim of the course is to get acquainted with the basic theoretical concepts and approaches to the construction of gender identity and differences and their application in the field of education and health. We will get acquainted with the concept of gender and a brief historical development of its study, we will connect with the concept of intersectionality, drawing attention to the need to situate gender in the context of other social identities and positions in the social order.

At the level of application, we will focus on the field of education in terms of classroom relationships, but also school space, curriculum or teaching aids. We will further focus on the context of health, including both physical and mental health.