I need help with Week 5 for my UCLA class (Gender Studies & History M180B). I am attaching the required readings follow this exactly.
WEEK 5 TOPIC:
How workplace cultures shape education, ideas, and careers in STEM (focus on European scientific environments).
READINGS:
- Break the Pattern Report (read about ~35 pages total, focus on these sections):
- Hercules
- Caretakers
- Worker Bees
PDF:
- Lorenz-Meyer Article:
The Academic Productivist Regime (~18 pages)
PDF:
IMPORTANT:
- Do NOT read the entire Break the Pattern report
- Focus only on the three workplace cultures listed above
- Use both readings together for the response
WHAT TO WRITE:
Write ONE response (~250 words total)
STRUCTURE (VERY IMPORTANT):
- What are the implications of the three workplace cultures?
- How do Hercules, Caretakers, and Worker Bees affect people in STEM?
- Think about hierarchy, gender roles, and behavior
- What workplace cultures do you observe at UCLA?
- Give simple examples (competition, collaboration, pressure, etc.)
- How would you design a research project about intersectional issues in workplace/learning cultures?
- What would you study?
- How would you study it (methods like interviews, observation, etc.)?
- What fields, time periods, and locations would your research focus on?
- Where and when?
- Why those choices?
IMPORTANT RULES:
- Do NOT summarize analyze and apply the ideas
- Keep it simple and clear
- No citations needed except (Author, year)
- Paragraph format only
STYLE:
- About 250 words total
- Sound like a student, not AI
- Be direct and clear
GOAL:
Explain how workplace cultures shape knowledge-making and propose a research idea based on it.
Follow the syllabus exactly.
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