Gender and sports II

Course Code: IF623F

Institution:

Sport Sciences

Revision:

1

For students admitted spring 2012   spring 2011  

Approval

The course was established 10 December 2010.
This course syllabus (version 1) was approved 18 February 2011 by the Education Commitee at School of Education.
The syllabus is valid from 08 June 2011.

Education level

Course description

Advancement in relation to the degree requirements

Entry requirements

Learning outcomes

• describe and reflect upon women, gender and sports through an international perspective and through international comparisons
• describe and discuss the relationship between sport science and gender science
• do research and describe and analyze the content in scientific journals and within a specific field in relation to sports and gender
• write a longer essay

Assessments

All the learning outcomes will be examined individually and in three written examinations.

The criteria for Pass and Pass with Distinction are clarified by the examiner at the start of the course.


Course content

During the course students are expected to search for knowledge about women, gender and sport through scientific journals that include these fields. To enable this kind of review scientific articles in international journals are highly important. The review is expecting to comprise both sport science and gender science journals. The journals are to be studied over a five year period of time and the student will analyze the content in the scientific journals in the intersection of the fields. The course will be terminated by a longer essay where the review is presented.


Learning activities

The course consists of web based learning activities and the language of instruction is English.


Grading system

Fail (U), Pass (G) or Pass with Distinction (VG). ECTS grading system can be used on students demand.


Reading list and other media


Compulsory literature: two of these journals
International Journal of the History of Sports
International Review for the Sociology of Sport
Physical Education & Sport Pedagogy
Sociology of Sport Journal
Sports in History
Sports in Society

Compulsory literature: one of these journals
Journal of Gender Studies
Politics & Gender
Gender & History
Journal of Gender Studies
Gender & Society

Reference literature
Benn, Tansin; Pfister, Gertrud and Haifaa Jawad (2011), Muslim women and sports. London: Routledge. English xvii, 278 p.
Hargreaves, Jennifer (2000), Heroines of sport. The politics of difference and identity. London: Routledge. English 284 p.
Hartman-Tews, Ilse & Pfister, Gertrud (2003), Sport and women. Social issues in international perspective. London; Routledge, English 288 p.



Course evaluation

Students are given opportunities to influence course content through continual reflections on the course content and methods. The course ends with an individual, written evaluation based on the course purpose and learning outcomes. This evaluation is used as a starting point for an oral evaluation at the end of the course.