Gender studies in Social Research

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Course ID:	08-SODU-GBS
Erasmus code / ISCED:	14.2 The subject classification code consists of three to five digits, where the first three represent the classification of the discipline according to the Discipline code list applicable to the Socrates/Erasmus program, the fourth (usually 0) - possible further specification of discipline information, the fifth - the degree of subject determined based on the year of study for which the subject is intended. / (unknown)
Course title:	Gender studies in Social Research
Name in Polish:	Gender studies w badaniach społecznych - teoria i praktyka
Organizational unit:	Faculty of Social Sciences
Course groups:	(in Polish) Przedmioty dla socjologii II stopnia w semestrze 3
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores):	(not available) Basic information on ECTS credits allocation principles: the annual hourly workload of the student’s work required to achieve the expected learning outcomes for a given stage is 1500-1800h, corresponding to 60 ECTS; the student’s weekly hourly workload is 45 h; 1 ECTS point corresponds to 25-30 hours of student work needed to achieve the assumed learning outcomes; weekly student workload necessary to achieve the assumed learning outcomes allows to obtain 1.5 ECTS; work required to pass the course, which has been assigned 3 ECTS, constitutes 10% of the semester student load. view allocation of credits
Language:	(unknown)
Major:	sosiology
Cycle of studies:	2nd cycle
Module learning aims:	1. The transfer of knowledge on gender-sensitive research methodology. 2. The introduction to the gender research. 3.The presentation of the latest gender research and concepts. 4. The development of skills to prepare and realize gender project. 5. The development of skills to use the concepts and theories as a tool for research results' interpretations.
Year of studies (where relevant):	Year 2
Short description:	During the course the issues currently present in a public discourse which concern everyday life are discussed. The course presents practical, everyday gender differentiation and its consequences. At the same time, it shows different attitudes to gender issues of different social groups. The classical feminist papers are read and analyzed with reference to nowadays Polish society.
Full description:	Issues: 1. Non/perfect housewife. 2. "Baby carrieges' mothers" 3. Gender and space. 4. Food and gender. 5. Gender marketing. 6. Sex/gender segregation - unequal treatment and discrimination. 7. The free choice discourse (the beauty myth and sexuality) 8. Rape's discourse. 9. Backlash. "Moral panic" on gender ideology. 10. Gender and brain. Neurosexism.
Bibliography:	Bradley H. (2008). Płeć. Warszawa: Wydawnictwo Sic! Callamard A. (2001). Metodologia badań nacechowanych wrażliwością na społeczno – kulturową tożsamość płci. Stowarzyszenie Amnesty International w Polsce. Connel R. (2013). Socjologia płci. Płeć w ujęciu globalnym. Warszawa: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN. Faludi S. (2013). Reakcja. Niewypowiedziana wojna przeciw kobietom. Warszawa: Wydawnictwo Czarna Owca. Frąckowiak-Sochańska M., Królikowska S. (red.) (2010). Kobiety w polskiej transformacji 1989-2009. Podsumowania, interpretacje, prognozy. Toruń: Wydawnictwo Adam Marszałek. Friedan B. (2012). Mistyka kobiecości. Warszawa: Wydawnictwo Czarna Owca. Gajewska A. (red.) (2012). Teorie wywrotowe. Antologia przekładów. Poznań Wydawnictwo Poznańskie. Gender. Przewodnik Krytyki Politycznej (2014). Warszawa: Wydawnictwo Krytyki Politycznej. Graff A. (2013). Matka feministka. Warszawa: Wydawnictwo Krytyki Politycznej. Hryciuk E., Korolczuk E. (red.) (2012) Pożegnanie z Matką Polką? Dyskursy, praktyki i reprezentacje macierzyństwa we współczesnej Polsce. Warszawa: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego. Kochanowski J. (2013). Socjologia seksualności. Marginesy. Warszawa: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN. Nawrocka Z. i in. (2013). Gwałt. Głos kobiet wobec społecznego tabu. Warszawa: Instytut Wydawniczy Książka i Prasa. Slany K., Struzik J., Wojnicka K. (red.) (2011). Gender w społeczeństwie polskim, Kraków: Nomos. Slany K., Kowalska B., Ślusarczyk M. (red.) (2011). Kalejdoskop genderowy, W drodze do poznania płci społeczno-kulturowej w Polsce. Kraków: WUJ. Walter N. (2012). Żywe lalki. Powrót seksizmu. Warszawa: Wydawnictwo Czarna Owca. Wolf N. (2014). Mit piękna. Warszawa: Wydawnictwo Czarna Owca.
Learning outcomes:	A student: - explains what gender-sensitive research methodology is - characterizes the specificity of gender research - uses the gender category on each stage of research project - uses secondary data on gender issues - lists the latest research on gender - utilizes the concepts and theories to describe, from gender perspective, social phenomena and processes - designs and realizes a gender project
Assessment methods and assessment criteria:	The exam and the preparation of gender project.

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