Course Title: Apply a gender lens to own work role
Part B: Course Detail
Teaching Period: VE 2020
Class Number: 2512
Class Section: GNDR
For flexible terms and optional semesters, a Part B course guide may have been published for the entire teaching period, or for the specific class number in which you are enrolled. If there is no Part B course guide published for your specific class number, please refer to the guide for the teaching period in which you are enrolled. Enrolment Online is the definitive source for details regarding your class enrolment.
Course Code: HUSO5228
Course Title: Apply a gender lens to own work role
School: 375T Vocational Design and Social Context
Campus: City Campus
Program: C0048 - Course in Gender Equity
Course Contact: Bronwyn Tanti
Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 9079
Course Contact Email: bronwyn.tanti@rmit.edu.au
Name and Contact Details of All Other Relevant Staff
Nominal Hours: 18
Regardless of the mode of delivery, represent a guide to the relative teaching time and student effort required to successfully achieve a particular competency/module. This may include not only scheduled classes or workplace visits but also the amount of effort required to undertake, evaluate and complete all assessment requirements, including any non-classroom activities.
Pre-requisites and Co-requisites
VU22770: Develop a gender lens to support gender equity work
Course Description
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to apply a gender lens using an intersectional approach to own work role. It also includes identifying continuing networking and professional learning opportunities to build own ability to contribute to gender equity in own work role.
No licensing, legislative, regulatory or certification requirements apply to this unit at the time of publication.
This unit supports the attainment of skills and knowledge to identify and reflect on the gendered elements within own work role. The unit also supports application of an intersectional approach to applying a gender lens to own work role.
It includes the development of skills to identify the impacts of gender inequities on own work role, as well as the ability to identify continuing networking and professional learning needs to build one’s ability to contribute to gender equity work in own work role.
This unit applies to practitioners and professionals with varying degrees of responsibility working in roles that require an understanding of gender equity. This unit enhances the ability to reflect on own performance and ability to contribute to gender equity work within known work environments and work practices.
National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria
National Element Code & Title: |
VU22771 Apply a gender lens to own work role |
Element: |
1. Identify the gendered elements in own work role |
Performance Criteria: |
1.1 Identify the gender norms, practices and structures in ownwork role using an intersectional approach. 1.2 Identify workplace values that apply to own work role and how they align with the values that underpin gender equity and equality. 1.3 Identify how gender equity frameworks and the regulatory environment apply to own work role. |
Element: |
2. Assess the gendered impacts on own work role |
Performance Criteria: |
2.1 Using an intersectional approach, critically reflect on the impacts of gender unequal norms, practices and structures on own work role. 2.2 Identify where own work practice can contribute to gender equity in the workplace. |
Element: |
3. Identify opportunities to improve gender equitable practice in own work role |
Performance Criteria: |
3.1 Identify gaps in own knowledge,skills and attributes in order to articulate own level of ability to contribute to gender equity in own work role. 3.2 Identify professional learning required to build own ability to contribute to gender equity in own work role 3.3 Identify alliances and networks available to build own ability to contribute to gender equity in own work role. |
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this course you will have developed the skills and knowledge required to demonstrate competency in the above elements.
Details of Learning Activities
Classes where information is shared through talks and discussions, and workshops where exercises are conducted to apply learning. Time is spent during classes and workshops for students to work on assessment tasks.
Teaching Schedule
Course Schedule: Apply a gender lens to own work role Semester 1: 2020 | |
Week |
Topic |
Session 1 |
1. Reflecting on your practice 1.1 Why reflect? 1.2 What to reflect on 1.3 How to be reflective Assessment Task 1 |
Session 2 |
2. Looking through a gendered lens 2.1 Your sphere of influence 2.2 Gender analysis 2.3 Seeing the gendered impacts Assessment Task 2 Assessment Task 3 |
| Course Schedule may change at teachers discretion* |
Learning Resources
Prescribed Texts
References
Other Resources
Overview of Assessment
Assessments will include knowledge questions, case study analysis and reflective journaling.
Assessment Tasks
Assessment Task 1 - Knowledge Questions
Assessment Task 2 - Case Study Analysis Applying A Gender Lens Using An Intersectional Approach
Assessment Task 3 - reflective Journaling
Assessment Matrix
Students will have access to a marking rubric for reference at the time assessment tasks are distributed.
Other Information
Please refer to the rmit student page for extensive information about study support, assessment, extensions, appeals and a range of other matters: rmit.edu.au/students
Course Overview: Access Course Overview