Naughty Boys, Bad Girls: Gender and Discipline at Home and at School

About this subject

• What you'll learn

  At the completion of this subject students will have:

  1. An understanding of the ways in which ideas and fears about childhood and adolescence play a part in everyday life 
  2. An understanding of the complexity and significance of debates about discipline at home and at school 
  3. An appreciation of the contributions of sociological and psychoanalytic writers on discipline, childhood, fairy tales and moral panic 
  4. An understanding of what Gender Studies is about, how it relates to Sociology, why it has developed and why it matters today 
  5. A developed practical sense of how to research a variety of texts in public circulation, how to evaluate their content and engage with it effectively 
  6. A developed understanding of the relationship between forms of knowledge and forms of everyday living 
  7. An ability to share information, debate ideas and work closely with your peers to build a complex picture of reality.

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• About Macquarie University

Entry requirements

Equivalent subjects

You should not enrol in this subject if you have successfully completed any of the following subject(s) because they are considered academically equivalent:

• MAQ-SGY355 (Not currently available)

Others

You must complete Level 1 and 2 studies in Sociology before starting this subject.

Additional requirements

• Other requirements -

  Students who have an Academic Standing of Suspension or Exclusion under Macquarie University's Academic Progression Policy are not permitted to enrol in OUA units offered by Macquarie University. Students with an Academic Standing of Suspension or Exclusion who have enrolled in units through OUA will be withdrawn.

Study load

0.125 EFTSL

This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.

Equivalent full time study load (EFTSL) is one way to calculate your study load. One (1.0) EFTSL is equivalent to a full-time study load for one year.

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