On Fri, 22 Dec 2000, Beth Benoit wrote:
> TIPSters,
>
> I'm designing a new course for an aeronautical college (changing horses to
> some new schools because I can no longer rationalize a long, long commute
> for an adjunct position) and am hoping TIPS can help with 1) textbook
> suggestions and 2) content suggestions for a course about Gender Issues,
> perhaps with an emphasis on workplace issues.
>
> The school is about 80% male, so I felt "gender" might be more appealing
> than "women" - at least as a course name. ;-)
>
> Am looking at Gender by Linda Brannon and Sex and Gender by Hilary Lips. As
> for content, I'm still toying with ideas...
A controversial topic that might be of interest is who's
disadvantaged in the classroom--boys or girls?
Some sources, showing my biases:
Sommers, C. (2000). The war against boys : how misguided feminism
is harming our young men
Sommers, C. (2000). The War against boys. Atlantic Monthly
on-line at
www.theatlantic.com/cgi-bin/o/issues/2000/05/sommers.htm
Kleinfeld, J, (undated). The myth that schools shortchange
girls: social science in the service of deception.
on-line at www.themenscenter.com/Myth.htm
-Stephen
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