Barbara L. Feldman
Fall 2004
Are women receiving equal
pay doing the same job men do?
Mr. Phillips and Ms.
Brown were the newest professors to be hired for the Educational Administrative
Department of a private
Both professors will
be teaching 12 credits a term.
Mr. Phillips is
married and has 2 children.
Ms. Brown is single
and has no children.
Mr. Phillips was
hired one month after Ms. Brown. He was being paid $10,000 more than Ms. Brown.
When Ms. Brown found out she asked the dean that hired her why she is earning
so much less than Mr. Phillips and the only answer she received was that Mr.
Phillips has to support a family.
You are a newspaper
reporter and it’s your job to write an article exposing this fact.
You are going to write
an article for your school newspaper.
You should be sure to use the PPA in helping you write your
article. This is going to be an
editorial. You decide the point of view
you are taking. Do you agree with the
dean, that Mr. Phillips should be paid $10,000 more than Ms. Brown because he is
married and has a family, or should they receive the same salary for the same
job?
You will be
following the Public Policy Analyst in helping you gather information to write
your article. In order to guide you,
there are worksheets available to help you in your task.
You must use the
following worksheets in completing your task.
Using the internet
will help you in completing the TIPS worksheets.
Define the problem:
http://www.maxwell.syr.edu/plegal/TIPS/select.html
Gather evidence:
http://www.maxwell.syr.edu/plegal/TIPS/gather.html
Identify causes:
http://www.maxwell.syr.edu/plegal/TIPS/identify.html
Evaluate a policy:
http://www.maxwell.syr.edu/plegal/TIPS/existing.html
Develop solution:
http://www.maxwell.syr.edu/plegal/TIPS/solutions.html
Select best
solution:
http://www.maxwell.syr.edu/plegal/TIPS/bestsol.html
You may use the
following general search engines to assist you in gathering your research.
www.lycos.com
In addition, you may
find the following specific websites helpful too.
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/13/business/13bias.html?hp
http://stlouis.bizjournals.com/stlouis/stories/2004/06/21/daily19.htm
http://www.psychologyhelp.com/work145.htm
http://www.psychologyhelp.com/work144.htm
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Excellent 90-100 |
Very
Good 80-89 |
Satisfactory 65-79 |
Unsatisfactory Below
65 |
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Research
Public Policy Analysis |
Problem clearly identified and thoroughly researched All six steps of the PPA
are clearly addressed and all worksheets correctly completed |
Problem identified and reasonably well researched All six steps of the PPA are addressed and most worksheets correctly completed |
Problem identified with limited research. All steps of
the PPA are addressed, but worksheets could be improved on. |
Problem identified but research is lacking Incomplete worksheets. |
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Article |
Well organized, demonstrates logical sequencing and sentence
structure |
Well organized, but demonstrates illogical sequencing or
sentence structure. |
Well organized, but illogical sequencing and sentence structure. |
Poorly organized. |
You should have
learned from your research that sex discrimination happens when someone is
treated less favorably because of their sex or marital status.
Discrimination by
gender in the workplace was declared illegal in 1975 when the Sex
Discrimination Act became law.
Possibilities for
future web quests could include age, race, or sexual orientation
discrimination.
English Language
Arts Standards:
E1C Reads and comprehends information materials
E4B Analyze and subsequently revise work to
improve its clarity and effectiveness
Science Standards:
S6D Acquires information from multiple sources
S7E Communicates a form suited to the purpose and
the audience