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Credit points: 16.7 2nd and 3rd years
Coordinator: Ms Anni Dugdale.
Prerequisite: Normally 12.5 points of first-year HPS. Exemptions will be granted for 12.5 points in science or 12.5 points in the Interdepartmental programme in Women's Studies.
Contact: 42 hours of lecture/seminars (approximately 3 hours per week).
Timetable: First semester
Objectives:
Students completing this subject will:Develop skills in posing and answering questions about the interactions between gender, science and technology, as a basis for -
- evaluating policies to increase the participation of women in areas involving scientific and technological expertise;
- analysing the role of gender in shaping the image, culture, and sometimes content of science and technology; and
- thinking critically about the contribution of science and technology to the meanings attributed to sex differences both now and in the past.
Content:
In this subject students will examine historical, social and cultural issues concerning: (1) Women's participation in disciplines and careers involving scientific and technological expertise. (2) Attitudes to nature, body and mind which have provided the context for the development of science and technologies. (3) Debates focusing on gender in the history, philosophy and social studies of science.
Assessment:
Field research project reported by poster presentation (30 per cent), critical report 1,500 words maximum (30 per cent), a 2 hour class test covering concepts and case-study material covered in the lectures and tutorials (20 per cent), tutorial work including 1,000 word write-up of class presentation (20 per cent).
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Credit points: 16.7
Coordinator: Ms A Dugdale
Contact: One 1 hour lecture and one 2 hour tutorial per week.
Timetable: First semester
Objectives:
Students completing this subject should:
- develop skills in posing and answering questions about the interactions between gender, science and technology;
- evaluate policies to increase the participation of women in areas involving scientific and technological expertise;
- analyse the role of gender in shaping the image, culture, and sometimes content of science and technology;
- think critically about the contribution of science and technology to the meanings attributed to sex differences both now and in the past.
Content:
In this subject students will examine historical, social and cultural issues concerning: (1) Women's participation in disciplines and careers involving scientific and technological expertise. (2) Attitudes to nature, body and mind which have provided the context for the development of science and technology. (3) Debates in the history, philosophy and social studies of science on the social construction of scientific knowledge, focusing on the effectsä of gender. Gender will be considered as a social and historical variable that has shaped the scientific and technological enterprises. Students will explore the interactions between gender and science through the analysis of 5 case studies: the 'discovery' of DNA, 18th century anatomy, late 20th century studies of primate behaviour, Barbara McClintock's work in genetics, and the worlds of high energy particle physicists. The relations between science, technology and progress will be explored in discussions of workplace, domestic and reproductive technologies.
Assessment:
Field research project reported by poster presentation (30 per cent), critical report of 2,000 words maximum (30 per cent), a 2-hour class test covering concepts and case-study material covered in the lectures and tutorials (20 per cent), Tutorial work including 1000 word write-up of class presentation (20 per cent)
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Status: Official 1996 Date created: Oct 9 1995 Last modified: Oct 9 1995 Authorised by: Academic Registrar Email enquiries: Course_Information@registrar.unimelb.edu.au
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