Gender and Sexuality in Education

Undergraduate

Students will study equity, diversity, and inclusion theories and practices as pertaining to gender, sexuality, and sexual orientation in education. They will critically analyze the presence and reproduction of gender norms within educational spaces including in the curriculum and social dynamics. The course will address how gender and sexuality intersect with other social constructs such as class, race, and ability as well as systems such as patriarchy and colonization in shaping students’ learning experience and environment. Students will also analyze the ways that school policies and practices can enhance or obstruct staff and students’ rights and safety from a gender perspective. Students will study equity, diversity, and inclusion theories and practices as pertaining to gender, sexuality, and sexual orientation in education. They will critically analyze the presence and reproduction of gender norms within educational spaces including in the curriculum and social dynamics and consider how gender and sexuality intersect with other social constructs such as class, race, and ability as well as systems like patriarchy and colonization in shaping students’ learning experience and environment. Students will also analyze the ways that school policies and practices can enhance or obstruct staff and students’ rights and safety from a gender perspective. (Credit weight 3.0) (This is an experiential learning course.)