ES.242
Gender Issues in Academics and Academia
Spring 2004
Topics
- Introduction; History of Gender in Education
- Boys’ Educational Issues
- Course-Taking Patterns; Sex Education
- Title IX
- Standardized Tests
- Single-Sex Schooling
- Classroom Dynamics
- The Feminine Mystique
- Women’s Studies
- ESL Studies and Cross-Cultural Issues
- MIT’s Journey Towards Diversity
- Opting Out
- Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgendered Experiences
- Summary and Conclusions
Readings
- FAF = Sadker, Myra, and David Sadker. Failing at Fairness . New York, NY: Scribner, 1995. ISBN: 9780684800738.
- JBR = Jossey-Bass Publishers. The Jossey-Bass Reader on Gender in Education . San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, 2002. ISBN: 9780787960742.
- FAF, chapter 2: “Through the Back Door: The History of Women’s Education.”
- JBR, chapter 10: “How Girls Negotiate School” (AAUW).
- JBR, chapter 7: “Thorns Among Roses: The Struggle of Young Boys in Early Education” (Kindlon and Thompson).
- FAF, chapter 8 / JBR, chapter 8: “The Miseducation of Boys” (Sadker and Sadker).
- JBR, chapter 11: “Course-taking Patterns” (AAUW).
- JBR, chapter 17: “Sexuality, Schooling, and Adolescent Females: The Missing Discourse of Desire” (Fine).
- JBR, chapter 1: “Too Strong for a Woman: The Five Words that Created Title IX” (Sandler).
- FAF section: “Designing Tests” from chapter 6: “Test Dive.” [Section starts on p. 131.]
- Kaminar, Wendy. “The Trouble with Same-sex schools.” Atlantic Monthly (April 1998).
- Schemo, Diana Jean. “Administration Proposes Same-Sex-School Option.” New York Times (March 4, 2004).
- Orenstein, Peggy. “Learning Silence: Scenes from the Class Struggle.” Chapter 1 in SchoolGirls: Young Girls, Self-Esteem, and the Confidence Gap . New York, NY: Doubleday, 1994. ISBN: 9780385425759.
- FAF, chapter 3: “Missing in Interaction.”
- Friedan, Betty. “The Sex-Directed Educators.” Chapter 7 in The Feminine Mystique . New York, NY: Dell, 1964. ASIN: B000CBJK5I.
- ———. “The Sexual Sell.” Chapter 9 in The Feminine Mystique . New York, NY: Dell, 1964. ASIN: B000CBJK5I.
- Kayes, Rebecca. “Frowning at Mona Lisa Smile: An Alum Looks Back.” Counterpoint: The MIT-Wellesley Journal of Campus Life 26, no. 1 (February 2004): 6-7.
- Jaimes, Joel J. “Diversity at MIT: 1981 to Present.” The Tech 123, no. 3 (February 11, 2003).
- JBR, chapter 26: “Examining Women’s Progress in the Sciences from the Perspective of Diversity” (Clewell and Ginorio).
- Belkin, Lisa. “The Opt-Out Revolution.” New York Times (October 26, 2003).
- Steward, Doug. “Working Towards Equality.” Academe 89, no. 4 (July-August 2003).
- Feltey, Katherine M. “Living Outside the Center.” Chapter 6 in Lesbians in Academia: Degrees of Freedom . Edited by Beth Mintz and Esther Rothblum. New York, NY: Routledge, 1997. ISBN: 9780415917025.
- Anon. “My, How Times Have Changed… Or Have They? A Quarter Century as a Lesbian Academic.” Chapter 29 in Lesbians in Academia: Degrees of Freedom . Edited by Beth Mintz and Esther Rothblum. New York, NY: Routledge (1997). ISBN: 9780415917025.
- Bernstein, Fred. “On Campus, Rethinking Bio 101.” New York Times (March 7, 2004).
- SES #: 14 · TOPICS: Summary and Conclusions · READINGS: No readings.
- Sadker, Myra, and David Sadker. Failing at Fairness . New York, NY: Scribner, 1995. ISBN: 9780684800738.
- Jossey-Bass Publishers. The Jossey-Bass Reader on Gender in Education . San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, 2002. ISBN: 9780787960742.
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗Historical OpenCourseWare
- MIT OCW readings ↗
- MIT OCW calendar ↗
- MIT OCW syllabus ↗
- Historical MIT OpenCourseWare offering. Named reading entries and schedule topics are automatically extracted from the linked source pages.