Studies of Gender

Code:

PDCD011

Acronym:

CD-DEC

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Sports Sciences

Instance: 2016/2017 - SP

Active?	Yes
Course/CS Responsible:	Sport Sciences

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
PDCD	2	Plano em vigor a partir de 2009	1	-	5	45	135

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

The aim of this curricular unit (CU) is to help students to develop and consolidate a set of fundamental knowledge about Gender and Sport and associated issues, particularly with regard to how concepts of masculinity and femininity are defined and constructed as well as its relations with the different contexts and cultures in sport, and to aid them to demonstrate a critical and based perspective about existent knowledge and current practices. It also is purpose of this CU that students, based on this knowledge, will be able to define and implement research and intervention projects in this area in order to contribute to improve the current situation.

Learning outcomes and competences

The syllabus focus on core issues of gender theme, placing it in the world of sport and integrates the main research lines and current topics of this area, seeking to provide students with the conceptual tools that will help them in to understanding and formulating new problems of research and intervention in this area.

Working method

Presencial

Program

Definitions of gender, masculinity and femininity.Gender theories.Gender differences in different contexts and cultures.Sex, gender, biology and culture.Sex, sexuality, sexual orientation and gender.Gender, economy and power.Gender and bodyGender and physical activity and sport.Gender and sports competition.

Mandatory literature

Amâncio, Lígia; Masculino e feminino a construção social da diferença, Afrontamento, 1998
Almeida, Miguel Vale de;Senhores de Si. Uma Interpretação Antropológica da Masculinidade, Fim de Século, 1995
Louro, Guacira ;Currículo, Género e Sexualidade, Porto Editora, 2000
Skelton, Christine;Investigating gender : contemporary perspectives in education, Becky Francis, 2001
Skelton, Christine;Feminism and the schooling scandal , Becky Francis , 2008
Louro, Guacira ;Currículo, Género e Sexualidade, Porto Editora, 2000
Silva Paula; A construção /estruturação do género na educação física, 2005

Complementary Bibliography

Perrot, Michelle;Uma história das mulheres, ASA, 2007

Teaching methods and learning activities

Expositive lectures and theme discussions, including presentation of works based on analysis of scientific works.For evaluation purposes, the students have to attend at least 75% of the classes., and they have to present and to defend a work based on the analysis of the most relevant literature available in this field of knowledge.

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

designation	Weight (%)
Trabalho escrito	50,00
Trabalho prático ou de projeto	50,00
Total:	100,00

Calculation formula of final grade

Assessment of practical work: 50%
A monographic work: 50%