SOC380H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Occupational Segregation, Child Care, John Tory
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Intersectionality and analysis of gender and education: key findings: Rarely is gender the sole factor in differences in participation, performance, or outcomes of education in children or adults. Race, class, language, immigration status, and sexuality combine with gender to shape educational experiences and outcomes. Formal/overt curriculum refers to the content of school lessons. Key findings: gender differences are reinforced through overt curriculum. Examples of gender inequity in overt curriculum: elementary/primary level. Health classes/sex classes separate for boys and girls (different types of lessons) Johnny works at a construction site : police officer, painter, janitor. Sally works as a teacher : nurse, maid, librarian. Terms like tomboy : post-secondary (starts in kindergarten) focus on men"s history/progress, instead of women"s. Literature courses: literature course or women"s literary course. Hidden curriculum: hidden curriculum: the unwritten, unofficial, and often unintended lessons, values, and perspectives that students learn in school, key findings: Hidden curriculum shaped in classroom, extra-curricular, and social environments.
