Teaching about Inequality in a Distance Education Course Using "The Second Shift"

Autor/in	Hauhart, Robert C.
Titel	Teaching about Inequality in a Distance Education Course Using "The Second Shift"
Quelle	In: Teaching Sociology, 35 (2007) 2, S.174-183 (10 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0092-055X
DOI	10.1177/0092055X0703500207
Schlagwörter	Undergraduate Students; Working Hours; Employed Women; Family (Sociological Unit); Distance Education; Social Structure; Sociology; Social Justice; Gender Bias; Housework; Family Environment; Marriage; Spouses; Online Courses; Educational Technology; Surveys; Social Bias; United States History; Gender Differences + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hours of work; Arbeitszeit; 'Female employment; Women''s employment'; Frauenbeschäftigung; Familie; Distance study; Distance learning; Fernunterricht; Sozialstruktur; Soziologie; Soziale Gerechtigkeit; Geschlechterstereotyp; Hausarbeit; Familienmilieu; Ehe; Ehepartner; Online course; Online-Kurs; Unterrichtsmedien; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Geschlechterkonflikt
Abstract	This paper describes the use of a simple survey followed by discussion in an online sociology course to create a setting in which undergraduate students may learn about inequality from the study of everyday life. The method described in this paper relies on the common experience of a gendered household division of labor and on the use of Hochschild's (with Machung 1989) recognition, confirmed many times since, that working women in married or cohabiting relationships routinely return home from their paid work day to begin a "second shift" of domestic labor. The familiarity of these experiences combined with the online education platform and a simple, non-scientific survey of class members produced lively interchange, increased participation rates, and enhanced understanding of the everyday sources of societal inequality and its patterned support within the social structure. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10