MONASH UNIVERSITY FACULTY HANDBOOKS
Arts Graduate Handbook 1996
Published by Monash University
Clayton, Victoria 3168, Australia
Authorised by Academic Registrar, April 1996
WSM4920/5020
Feminist research
Proposed to be offered next in 1997
Katherine Gibson (coordinator), Barbara Hatley and others
8 or 12 points + 2 hours per week + Clayton
Synopsis The objectives of this subject are to prepare students to
undertake research for a thesis and to introduce them to issues central to the
evaluation of research studies. The subject will involve a review of
theoretical, technical and ethical approaches to the research process. Feminist
insights have been crucial for reassessing all the standard procedures for
generating new knowledge and effectively applying the results of research
findings.
Assessment (8 points) Written (6000 words): 100%
Assessment (12 points) Written (9000 words): 100%
Recommended texts
- Alcoff L and Potter E (eds) Feminist epistemologies Routledge, 1993
- Harding S (ed.) Feminism and methodology Indiana U P, 1987
- Lather P Getting smart:: Feminist research and pedagogy with/in
the postmodern Routledge, 1991
- Mohanty C and others (eds) Third world women and the politics of
feminism Indiana U P, 1991
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