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Aim: This module introduces students to feminism, its origins, politics and key features. It examines the concept of gender. It explores how gender operates in education (particularly in school settings), both within the hidden and overt curriculum and aims to get students to reflect on their own practices and institutional locations.

 Content:

Students will engage with theories of gender and sexuality in relation to education and schooling, critically consider gendered practices in schooling that produce inequalities and  violence and reflect upon their own socialisation and educational experiences and practices and consider possible practical strategies to foster gender equality.

Outcomes:

Students should be able to:

·       Demonstrate familiarity with key concepts of gender as a social construction and of gendered subjectivities through the everyday experiences in their institutional locations. 

·       Reflect on their own educational experiences at school as learners and teachers and make connections to how their experiences both challenge and disrupt gender norms.

·       Demonstrate an understanding of the major theories of gender and sexuality  in relation to schooling.

·       Apply their knowledge of gender and sexuality to make connections  to gender violence in educational institutions.

·       Use oral and written communication skills to make arguments, examine evidence and creatively advance this field of inquiry

·       Work collaboratively to identify a gender issue and develop a creative awareness intervention

DP Requirement: 75% attendance of planned lectures as per the attendance register.

The aim of this module is to:

• Prepare Geography educators to interpret and teach curricula and to use sound pedagogical practices. 
• Develop Geography teaching techniques and philosophies of Geography, focusing on the FET phase. 
• Develop sound skills, pedagogical knowledge and values bases for Geography teaching. 
• Develop competence in teaching Geography in the FET phase (grades 10 to 12).

This module provides an introduction to biogeography and geomorphology through selected resource materials. Students are introduced to theories and doctrines related to the origin of the earth’s crustal features. Key processes and landforms associated with fluvialism, horizontal and inclined strata are discussed. Environmental sustainability, which was goal 7 of the Millenium Development Goals, is infused into discussions across the module because the MDGs were not achieved, thus the SDGs especially Goals 13 (Climate Action), 14 (Life below water) and Goal 15 (life on land) have relevance. Thus, biomes and ecosystems are seen to be of vital importance. A special focus on coastal environments provides an understanding of the links between geomorphology and biogeography. Reference to case studies (local and international), as well as discussions of current issues such as the COVID-19 pandemic, April & May 2022 Durban Floods and Landslides, assist in providing an understanding of ongoing current debates.