Weekly Schedule
Week | Topic | Reading Materials | Learning Plan | Estimated Hours in Learning Activities | | | | | Lecture | Reading | 1 | Introduction | Course Introduction and Course Requirement | | | | 2 | Documentary and Discussion I |
The End of Aging | In-Class: Discussion
| | | 4 | Contours of Global Aging | - United Nations Population Fund & Help Age International. (2012). Ageing in the twenty-first century: A celebration and a challenge. Chapter 1
- Lin, Y. Y., & Huang, C. S. (2016). Aging in Taiwan: building a society for active aging and aging in place. The Gerontologist, 56(2), 176-183. (Recommended)
| In-Class:Lecture and Discussion
Before Class: Read All Reading Materials
After Class:Review | 1.5 | 4 | 5 | Health, Population, and Aging | - Crimmins, E. M., Kim, J. K., & Seeman, T. E. (2009). Poverty and biological risk: the earlier “aging” of the poor. Journals of Gerontology Series A: Biomedical Sciences and Medical Sciences, 64(2), 286-292.
- Levine, M. E., & Crimmins, E. M. (2014). Evidence of accelerated aging among African Americans and its implications for mortality. Social Science & Medicine, 118, 27-32. (Recommended)
| In-Class:Lecture and Discussion
Before Class: Read All Reading Materials
After Class:Review | 1.5 | 4 | 6 | The Aging Body
| Clarke, L. H., & Korotchenko, A. (2011). Aging and the body: A review. Canadian Journal on Aging, 30(3), 495-510. | In-Class:Lecture and Discussion
Before Class: Read All Reading Materials
After Class:Review | 1.5 | 4 | 7 | Death and Dying
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Riley Jr, J. W. (1983). Dying and the meanings of death: Sociological inquiries. Annual Review of Sociology, 9(1), 191-216.
| In-Class:Lecture and Discussion
Before Class: Read All Reading Materials
After Class:Review | 1.5 | 4 | 8 | Gender and Aging | - Lauzen, M. M., & Dozier, D. M. (2005). Maintaining the double standard: Portrayals of age and gender in popular films. Sex roles, 52(7-8), 437-446.
- Calasanti, T. (2004). Feminist gerontology and old men. The Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 59(6), S305-S314. (Recommended)
| In-Class:Lecture and Discussion
Before Class: Read All Reading Materials
After Class:Review | 1.5 | 4 | 9 | Aging and Sexuality
| - Lodge, A. C., & Umberson, D. (2012). All shook up: sexuality of mid?to later life married couples. Journal of Marriage and Family, 74(3), 428-443.
- Gott, M., & Hinchliff, S. (2003). How important is sex in later life? The views of older people. Social science & medicine, 56(8), 1617-1628. (Recommended)
| In-Class:Lecture and Discussion
Before Class: Read All Reading Materials
After Class:Review | 1.5 | 4 | 10 | Aging of LGBT Population | - Fabbre, V. D. (2015). Gender transitions in later life: A queer perspective on successful aging. The Gerontologist, 55(1), 144-153.
- Leyerzapf, H., Visse, M., De Beer, A., & Abma, T. A. (2018). Gay-friendly elderly care: Creating space for sexual diversity in residential care by challenging the hetero norm. Ageing & Society, 38(2), 352-377.
| In-Class:Lecture and Discussion
Before Class: Read All Reading Materials
After Class:Review | 1.5 | 4 | 11 | Families and Aging | - Yasuda, T., Iwai, N., Chin-Chun, Y., & Guihua, X. (2011). Intergenerational coresidence in China, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan: comparative analyses based on the East Asian social survey 2006. Journal of Comparative Family Studies, 42(5), 703-722.
- Hank, K., & Jürges, H. (2007). Gender and the division of household labor in older couples: A European perspective. Journal of Family Issues, 28(3), 399-421.
| In-Class:Lecture and Discussion
Before Class: Read All Reading Materials
After Class:Review | 1.5 | 4 | 12
| Social Network and Aging | - Cornwell, B., Laumann, E.O. and Schumm, L.P., 2008. The social connectedness of older adults: A national profile. American sociological review, 73(2), pp.185-203.
- Wrzus, C., Hänel, M., Wagner, J. and Neyer, F.J., 2013. Social network changes and life events across the life span: a meta-analysis. Psychological bulletin, 139(1), p.53.
| In-Class:Lecture and Discussion
Before Class: Read All Reading Materials
After Class:Review | 1.5 | 4 | 13
| Migration and Aging | - Bradley, D.E. and Longino, C.F., 2009. Geographic mobility and aging in place. In International handbook of population aging (pp. 319-339). Springer, Dordrecht.
- Zhou, Y.R., 2012. Space, time, and self: Rethinking aging in the contexts of immigration and transnationalism. Journal of Aging Studies, 26(3), pp.232-242.
| In-Class:Lecture and Discussion
Before Class: Read All Reading Materials
After Class:Review | 1.5 | 4 | 14 | Economic Security, Retirement and Aging | - Lloyd-Sherlock, P., 2000. Old age and poverty in developing countries: new policy challenges. World development, 28(12), pp.2157-2168.
- Costa, D. L. (1998). The evolution of retirement. In The Evolution of Retirement: An American Economic History, 1880-1990 (pp. 6-31). University of Chicago Press.
| In-Class:Lecture and Discussion
Before Class: Read All Reading Materials
After Class:Review | 1.5 | 4 | 15 | Labor Force Participation and Life after Retirement | - Russell, C. (2007). What do older women and men want? Gender differences in the ‘lived experience’ of ageing. Current Sociology, 55(2), 173-192.
- Vickerstaff, S. (2010). Older workers: the ‘unavoidable obligation’of extending our working lives?. Sociology Compass, 4(10), 869-879.
| In-Class:Lecture and Discussion
Before Class: Read All Reading Materials
After Class:Review | 1.5 | 4 | 16 | Documentary and Discussion II | Adrift in Old Age (NHK) | In-Class: Discussion | | | 17 | English Presentation | | In-Class:Presentation | | | 18 | English Presentation | | In-Class:Presentation | | |
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Grading Policy and Standard
- Attendance and Class Participation 30%
This class pays attention to class participation. Each student is encouraged to voice their opinions and ideas. I will design a few in-class activities to facilitation discussion in class.
2 Writing Assignments 50%
To facilitate in-class discussion, each student is required to read all articles/reports and write a short summary of the reading materials. Each summary is approximately 2-3 pages (Times New Roman、12Font、Double Space). Please send your summary to me by Tuesday.
Each student needs to submit 10 summaries. Each summary is worth 5% of your grade. No late assignment. I will provide detailed instruction on how to write a summary in class.
3 In-Class Presentation 20%
Each student is required to do ONE in-class presentation. The presentation should be approximately 15-20 minutes and will hold in the last day of the class. The purpose of the presentation is to train students to present in international conferences. You should select ONE paper from the reading list and present the paper in the last day of the class.
I will help each student prepare the POWERPOINT and practice the presentation before the presentation day. Please let me know which paper you want to present by 12th week.
***PhD Students Only: For PhD students, you have the option of writing a 20 pages (double space) English paper on a topic of your choice. If you choose to write a paper, your final grade will be based on: class participation (15%), writing assignment (25%), presentation (10%), and final paper (50%). I will help you choose a topic and provide detailed comments of your paper. If you decide to write a paper, please let me know no later than 5th week.
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