Lecture 5 (2/17)

Lecture 8 (2/26)
Announcements:
Class Business

Thinking Sociologically and Gender Issues

vs. biology

vs. psychology

vs. economics

units of analysis (what should we observe?)

levels of analysis (where do we expect to see important variation?)

source of social change

Education and the Gender Gap

Why do we care about education?

· Human Capital Theory (Economics)

· Sequencing of Events (education, job, skills, tenure > earnings

Trends in Education

Educational Attainment

College Enrollment

College Majors

Paths to Higher Education

Returns to Higher Education

Race and Ethnic Comparisons

International Comparisons

Explanations for Gender Similarities and Differences in Education

· Biological Theories

· Social Psychological Theories

· Economic Theory

· Sexism in the Classroom

· Network Theory

· Theory of Limited Differences