Gender, Work and Family: Contexts to Analyse and Act Upon Equality

Code:

LPSI320

Acronym:

GTFCAAI

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Psychology

Instance: 2023/2024 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Psychology
Course/CS Responsible:	First degree in Psychology

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
LPSIC	36	Official Curricular Structure	3	-	3	27	81

Teaching language

Suitable for English-speaking students

Objectives

This course aims to:
- promote knowledge in the area of gender studies and its applications to the context of work and family.
- promote the development of a gender perspective for the analysis, reflection and action in different contexts of psychology.

Learning outcomes and competences

By the end of this curricular unit (CU), the students will:

1. Discuss the main theories and approaches on the roles of gender and the work-family interface;
2. Acknowledge and identify the stereotypes and gender biases within the contexts of work, family and its interface;
3. Contact and use tools to analyse and act on this topic (gender equality plans);
4. Use theoretical frameworks and recent empirical research to assess and define action plans using a gender perspective in different contexts (educational, clinical, organizational, community, sports)
5. Discuss and communicate (oral and written) scientifically based knowledge.

Working method

Presencial

Program

1) Introduction to the gender and work-life interface studies

2) Concepts and gender theories, gender roles and doing gender

3) Gender and care

4) Gender and work

5) Gender, work-family interface and wellbeing

6) Developing and implementing equality plans to induce change

Mandatory literature

Tammy D. Allen; The^Oxford handbook of work and family. ISBN: 978-0-19-933753-8
Alice H. Eagly; The^psychology of gender. ISBN: 1-59385-244-4
Andrade Cláudia; Olhares sobre a psicologia diferencial. ISBN: 978-989-730-058-5
Maura J. Mills; Gender and the work-family experience. ISBN: 978-3-319-08890-7
- Aguiar, J., Sequeira, C. F., Matias, M., Coimbra, S., & Fontaine, A. M; Gender and Perception of Justice in Housework Division between Unemployed Spouses, 2020
Matias, M., Ferreira, T. & Matos, P. M. ; “ Don’ t Bring Work Home ” : How Career Orientation Moderates Permeable Parenting Boundaries in Dual-earner Couples, 2022
Joan Chrisler; Handbook of gender research in psychology, 2016. ISBN: 978-1-4939-3942-8

Teaching methods and learning activities

The teaching methodology is theoretical and practical. Explanatory methods will be used to present and discuss theories and research in the area of gender and work-family articulation, focusing on its usefulness to the analysis of everyday situations and psychological practice. This will be supported by powerpoints, videos, tedex and other interactive tools (e.g. Kahoot). The practical component is expected to occur mainly through debates, exercises and presentations by the students of scientific articles and papers on different facets of the conceptualization and action in this area.

Assessment will be ongoing without a final exam. The ongoing component may include: students’ engagement in class activities; individual oral presentation/written summary of a recent scientific article; elaboration, oral presentation/written summary of a practical case. Each assessment component has a minimum mark of 8 points. The final mark must be higher than 9.5 out of 20.

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

designation	Weight (%)
Participação presencial	10,00
Trabalho escrito	90,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

designation	Time (hours)
Apresentação/discussão de um trabalho científico	12,00
Estudo autónomo	19,00
Frequência das aulas	28,00
Trabalho escrito	22,00
Total:	81,00

Eligibility for exams

Classes are mandatory for all students.
Students who miss more than 25% of the classes will not obtain attendance.

Students who are legally exempted from attendance at classes must conduct all evaluation components defined above (to do so, they must contact the teacher until the 2nd class).

Calculation formula of final grade

The final grade considers:

1. Class atendance and involvement in class activities (10%).

2. wirtten paper (90%).


Students can also choose to do a complementary individual assignment, which involves a critical review of a text. In this case, the individual work will account for 40% of the final grade and the written group work 50%.

To be approved students must have: 1) a minimal of 8 in each of the assessment components; and 2) minimal final grade of 10 (ponto 2, Artº 4 do Regulamento geral para avaliação dos discentes da FPCEUP).

The final classification is obtained considering evaluation components outlined above.
The ratings in each of the components and the final classification will be communicated to students on a scale of 0 to 20.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Working students and students with similar status must take the exams and assessments on the same day as general regime students. Students covered by special arrangements should speak to the teacher at the beginning of the semester.

Classification improvement

Until the time of appeal of the academic year following the one in which the approval was obtained, the student may improve the grade, only once, through the reformulation of the written paper, corresponding to 50% of the final evaluation.