| Course Unit Title | Course Unit Code | Type of Course Unit | Level of Course Unit | Year of Study | Semester | ECTS Credits |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women and Labour | CEK257 | Elective | Bachelor's degree | 2 | Fall | 4 |
Name of Lecturer(s)
Associate Prof. Dr. Sevda KÖSE
Associate Prof. Dr. Betül URHAN ÇELİK
Associate Prof. Dr. Bora YENİHAN
Research Assistant Dr. Seyran GÜRSOY ÇUHADAR
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
1) Define sociocultural and economical functioning mechanisms which determine women labour
2) Explicate typical characteristics of unpaid women labour.
3) Explicate typical characteristics of paid women labour.
4) Evaluate the influence of the process of globalisation on woman labour.
5) Discuss the organizing experiences of working women against the discriminative practices towards women labour.
Program Competencies-Learning Outcomes Relation
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| 1 | Middle | Middle | Middle | Middle | Middle | Middle | Middle | Middle | |
| 2 | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | |
| 3 | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | |
| 4 | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | |
| 5 | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | |
Mode of Delivery
Face to Face
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites
None
Recommended Optional Programme Components
Gender, Work and Welfare (İng.)
Course Contents
Today women are mainly working in different jobs compared to men even the education levels are getting higher. In this course, by emphasizing women labour at home and labour market historically, the reasons of limited participation to labour market and socio-cultural handicapes that patriarch-capitalism relation determined, women labour distrubution according to sectors, working conditions and gender discrimination applications in different sectors will be eleminated deeply.
Weekly Schedule
1) Changing Features of Women Labour in context of Capitalism and Patriarchy2) Family, Social Gender and Women Labour
3) Function and Features of Women Labour in Reproduction Process
4) Women Labour in Rural Areas in context of Capitalist Development
5) Analyse of Participation of Women in Labour Market in context of Social Gender
6) General Features of Paid Women Labour and Employment
7) Paid Women Labour in Terms of Different Economical Lives
8) Midterm Examination
9) Social Gender Based Discrimination in Labour Market
10) Effects of Globalization to the Women Labour
11) Effects of Globalization to the Women Labour
12) Future of Women Labour
13) Organizing Experiences of Working Women in the World
14) Organizing Experiences of Working Women in Turkey
15) General Assessment
16) Final Exam
Recommended or Required Reading
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1) Lecture
2) Question-Answer
3) Discussion
4) Group Study
5) Case Study
6) Project Based Learning
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Contribution of Semester Studies to Course Grade |
20% |
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Contribution of Final Examination to Course Grade |
80% |
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Total | 100% | |||||||||||
Language of Instruction
Turkish
Work Placement(s)
Not Required