GENDER IDENTITIES IN FAMILY AND SCHOOL

Organizational Unit
Code
ΨΥ-632
ECTS
4
Language of instruction

Greek

Academic term
2/2
Title
ΤΑΥΤΟΤΗΤΕΣ ΦΥΛΟΥ ΣΤΗΝ ΟΙΚΟΓΕΝΕΙΑ ΚΑΙ ΣΤΟ ΣΧΟΛΕΙΟ el
GENDER IDENTITIES IN FAMILY AND SCHOOL en
Description
The course discusses the role of education in the development of gender identities during adolescence. It attempts to introduce students in approaching education under a feminist perspective, focusing in the ways it reporduces dominant and hegemonic aspects of femininity and masculinity and disciriminates among male and female students
Additionally, the course aims to show future school psychologists ways of classrooms intervention that promote gender equality. The content of the course is as following:
- The development of gender identities in adolescence
- Psycho-social interpretations of gender inequality in education
- Femininities, masculinities and schooling: the role of the school in producing hegemonic gender identities
- Historical perspectives of women's education
- Gendered transitions from adolescence to adulthood
Learning outcomes
After the successful implementation of the course students
- will have developed an understanding of the ways that gender identities in adolescent are developed
- will be aware of the impact of education and the family in gender development and performance
- will have become familiar with research and intervention methods on gender in education