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HU Credits:
2
Degree/Cycle:
2nd degree (Master)
Responsible Department:
Glocal International Development
Semester:
1st Semester
Teaching Languages:
English
Campus:
Mt. Scopus
Course/Module Coordinator:
Dr. Amelia Weinreb
Coordinator Office Hours:
Mondays, by appointment
Teaching Staff:
Dr. Amelia Weinreb
Course/Module description:
Gender and development constitutes its own academic sub-field and has proven to be an enduring international policy and planning focus since the 1970s. With this in mind, the foundational questions that underlie this course are:
• Why should the issue of gender constitute a legitimate planning tradition in its own right?
• Why do the proliferating numbers of policies and plans for action in gender and development often fail to be implemented?
• How do transnational relationships shape trends in gender and development?
To address these questions, this course provides a critical overview of classical and contemporary theories of development linked to core concerns in gender and development including: sex ratio, reproductive rights, health and disease, violence, education, agriculture, urbanization and globalization. Each week a “core concepts” reading explores topic at hand in greater detail and introduces new debates.
Course/Module aims:
This course provides a critical overview of classical and contemporary theories of development linked to core concerns in gender and development including: sex ratio, reproductive rights, health and disease, violence, education, agriculture, urbanization and globalization. Each week a “core concepts” reading explores topic at hand in greater detail and introduces new debates.
Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
Upon completion of the course, students will have developed skills to:
• Explain when, how, and why gender emerged as a development issue
• Articulate central themes of gender and development over time
• Place course themes within in a wider context of social theory and development policy
• Converse, with historical and ethnographic sensitivity, about a range of contemporary case studies
• Analyze possible interventions based on case studies from different areas of the developing world
Attendance requirements(%):
80%
Teaching arrangement and method of instruction:
In this two-credit course, the first course credit is self-paced and offered online (thirteen online sessions accompanied by brief assignments that are submitted as a final portfolio). This is followed by the second credit of the course, a live, intensive interactive seminar where students are able to discuss and debate course material, present contemporary research and design a final project.
Course/Module Content:
PART I
Asynchronous, Self-paced, online completion of the first credit of the course
Each session includes:
• Summary addressing the questions posed at the end of each chapter in Momsen’s text
• Exposure to relevant theory and how it may be applied
• An interactive component that asks you to stop, and write for 7 minutes
• A short video that illustrates a key point or argument
• At least one brief assignment option for your final portfolio
PART II
Four intensive seminar workshops constitute the second course credit
Monday, Jan. 2, 13:00 - 14:30
• Submit Portfolios
• Discussions and debates emerging from text (See discussion page)
• Discussion of contemporary articles, topics not covered by Momsen (send links to short, relevant news articles)
• Coaching on improving slides
Monday, Jan. 9, 13:00 - 14:30
Group Presentations, round 1
• Q&A
• Break down into theory and practice roundtable
Monday, Jan. 16, 13:00 - 14:30
Group Presentations, round 2
• Q&A
• Break down into theory and practice roundtable
Monday, Jan. 23, 13:00 - 14:30
• Review exercise
• Final conversation
• Closure, evaluation of the course
• If on campus, bring lunch!
Final projects due Mon, January 30, 11:59pm
Composition of Course Grade
• Participation (20%)
• Portfolio, 10 pages (40%)
• Case study proposal, 5-7 pages (20%)
• Case study presentation and slides (20%)
Required Reading:
Momsen, Janet. 2020. Gender and Development 3rd Edition. London: Routledge.
Other readings as assigned, available on Moodle
Additional Reading Material:
Grading Scheme :
Essay / Project / Final Assignment / Home Exam / Referat 20 %
Presentation / Poster Presentation / Lecture/ Seminar / Pro-seminar / Research proposal 20 %
Active Participation / Team Assignment 20 %
Submission assignments during the semester: Exercises / Essays / Audits / Reports / Forum / Simulation / others 40 %
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