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adolescent as learner, and opportunities for directed reflection on themselves as teachers and
learners, and their students as learners. Open only to MAT students. Instructor: Staff. 7 units.
342. Internship and Content Methodology. The internship continues through second
semester under the supervision and coaching of the mentor. The seminar brings together
interns, high school teachers, and content faculty members in specific subject area groups
to explore emerging knowledge in the discipline, and the ways that knowledge is best
delivered in the high school classroom. Open only to MAT students. Instructor: Staff. 5
units.
343. Teaching Diverse Learners. Teaching students with specific learning disabilities in
the regular classroom; cooperative discipline; cooperative learning, reading in the content
area; working with non-English speakers. Open only to MAT students. Co-requisite: MAT
341. Instructor: Staff. 2 units.
344. Teaching Diverse Learners. Continuation of MAT 343 focusing on student
assessment, working with families and communities. Teaching portfolio serves as final
exam. Co-requisite: MAT 342. Open only to MAT students. Instructor: Staff. 1 unit.
399. Independent Study. Independent Study in teaching methods. Open only to MAT
students. Consent of Director of Graduate Studies required. Instructor: Staff. Variable credit.
Women’s Studies (WOMENST)
Professor Khanna, Director (210 East Duke Building); Professor Wiegman; Associate
Professors Campt, Rudy, Weeks, Wilson; Associate Faculty: Professors Allison (cultural
anthropology), Fulkerson (divinity), Holloway (English), Silverblatt (cultural anthropology),
Wald (English); Associate Professors Edwards (history), Lubiano (African and African
American studies and literature), Nelson (cultural anthropology), Piot (cultural anthropology
and African and African American Studies), Sigal (history), Yoda (Asian and African
languages and literature); Assistant Professors Mo Hahedeh (literature) and Stein (cultural
anthropology); Adjunct Assistant Professor Lisker
Women's Studies is part of an historical educational enterprise inaugurated by
socialmovements and dedicated to the study of identity as a complex social phenomenon.
In the field's first decades, feminist scholarship reoriented traditional disciplines toward the
study of women and gender and developed new methodologies and critical vocabularies that
have made interdisciplinarity a key feature of Women's Studies as an autonomous field.
Today, scholars continue to explore the meaning and impact of identity as a primary—
though by no means transhistorical or universal—way of organizing social life by pursuing
an intersectional analysis of gender, race, sexuality, class, and nationality. In the classroom,
as in our research, our goal is to transform the university's organization of knowledge by
reaching across the epistemological and methodological divisions of historical, political,
economic, representational, technological and scientific analysis. In our program's dual
emphasis on interdisciplinarity and intersectionality, we offer students new knowledge
about identity while equipping them with a wide range of analytical and methodological
skills.
Women's Studies at Duke is a focal point within the university for the study of women,
gender, and feminist theories-a structure which allows graduate students to address complex
issues beyond their traditional disciplinary and classroom boundaries and to explore
problems in ways that connect theories and approaches of different disciplines. Women's
Studies serves students' intellectual interests by offering credit courses, housing a variety of
research projects, and implementing programs for diverse audiences. Graduate students can
earn a four-course certificate in Women's Studies and are encouraged to teach introductory
or special topics courses. Professional students and doctoral candidates may join a scholarly
society that deepens their knowledge of the field of Women's Studies and provides a
cohesive, supportive community. All affiliated students on the mailing list receive
newsletters, lecture notices and invitations to special events. For additional information,
visit the program Web site at: http://www.duke.edu/womstud/index2.html.
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