General entry requirements + English 6

The aim of the course is that the student develops an understanding on the concepts of gender and intersectionality, and an ability to use these concepts to analyse educational practices and school activities.

The course takes the concepts of gender and intersectionality, using both a contemporary and a historical perspective, as its starting point. Hereby, the course builds an understanding, and a critical analysis, of educational practices and school activities. This means that the student, in relation to his or her own experiences, analyses different aspects of education using concepts such as gender, sexuality, ethnicity, race, social class and age.

On completion of the course, the student will be able to:

Work formats consist of lectures, group discussions, literature analysis and classroom presentations. There will also be opportunities for study visits.

Written Exam, 15 credits (Learning outcome 1-4)

Grading criteria for the course are announced by the course leader at the start of the course.

For all assessments, the basis must be such that individual performance can be distinguished.

For grade A on the course, the examination should be graded A.

Ahmed, Sara (2012). Introduction in On being included: racism and diversity in institutional life. Durham, N.C.: Duke University Press (17 p)

Arnot, Madeleine & Mac an Ghaill, Mairtin (eds.) (2006). The RoutledgeFalmer Reader in Gender and Education. London: Routledge (chapter 1-2) (30 p)

Barow, Thomas & Berhanu, Girma (2021). Inclusive Education in Sweden: Policy, Politics and Practice. In Hanssen, Natallia Bahdanovich, Hanse´n, Sven-Erik & Stro¨m, Kristina (eds.). Dialogues between Northern and Eastern Europe on the Development of Inclusion: Theoretical and Practical Perspectives. London, New York: Routledge (p. 35-51) (16 p)

Carlson, Marie & Kanci, Tuba (2017). The nationalized and gendered citizen in a global world – examples from textbooks, policy and steering documents in Turkey and Sweden. Gender and Education, 29:3, pp 313-331 (19 p)

Davis, Kathy (2019). Who owns intersectionality? Some reflections on feminist debates on how theories travel. European Journal of Women’s Studies, 27:2, pp 1-15 (15 p)

DePalma, Rene´e & Jennett, Mark (2010) Homophobia, transphobia and culture: deconstructing heteronormativity in English primary schools, Intercultural Education, 21:1, 15-26 (available online) (11p)

Evaristo, Bernardine (2020).Girl, woman, other. London: Penguin books (453 p)

Francis, Becky (2010) Re/theorising gender: female masculinity and male femininity in the classroom?, Gender and Education, 22:5, 477-490 (available online) (14p)

Kehily, Mary Jane & Nayak, Anoop (2006). ’Lads and laughter’. Homour and the production of heterosexual hierarchies. In Arnot, Madeleine & Mac an Ghaill, Mairtin (eds.). The RoutledgeFalmer Reader in Gender and Education. London: Routledge (16 p)

Kumashiro, Kevin K. (2000). “Toward a Theory of Anti-Oppressive Education”. Review of Educational Research, Vol. 70, No. 1 (available online) (29 p)

Martinsson, Lena, Griffin, Gabriele & Giritli Nygren, Katarina (2016). Introduction: challenging the myth of gender equality in Sweden. In Martinsson, L., Griffin, G. & Giritli Nygren, K. (eds.). Challenging the myth of gender equality in Sweden. Bristol: Policy Press (22 p)

Nash, Jennifer C. (2008). “Rethinking intersectionality”. Feminist review, no 89 (available online) (15 p)

Quinn, Jocey (2004). “The Corporeality of Learning: Women Students and the Body”. Ali, Suki, Benjamin, Shereen & Mauthner, Melanie L. The Politics of Gender and Education: Critical Perspectives. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan (15 p)

Parker, Rachael, Wellings, Kaye & Lazarus, Jeffrey V (2009). Sexuality education in Europe: an overview of current policies, Sex Education, Aug 2009, Vol. 9 Issue 3, pp 227-242 (available online) (16 p)

Reimers, Eva (2020). Disruptions of desexualized heteronormativity – queer identification(s) as pedagogical resources, Teaching Education, 31:1, pp 112-125 (16 p) (available online)

Slater, Jenny, Jones, Charlotte & Procter, Lisa (2018) School toilets: queer, disabled bodies and gendered lessons of embodiment, Gender and Education, 30:8, 951-965 (available online) (15 p)

von Wright, Moira (2002). ”Narrative imagination and taking the perspective of others”. Studies in Philosophy and Education. 21(4-5):407-416 (10 p)

An additional 100 pages will be distributed during the course.

The university provides all students who are participating in, or have completed, a course to express their experiences and views on the course through a course evaluation which is organized at the end of the course. The university will collate the course evaluations and provide information about their results and any actions prompted by them. The results shall be made available to the students. (HF 1:14).

When a course is no longer given, or the contents have been radically changed, the student has the right to re-take the examination, which will be given twice during a one year period, according to the syllabus which was valid at the time of registration.

The syllabus is a translation of a Swedish source text.