The Sage handbook of gender and education. (2006)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: Gender and education
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Christine Skelton, Becky Francis, and Lisa Smulyan.
• Other Names: Skelton, Christine; Francis, Becky; Smulyan, Lisa; Sage Publications.; Sage eReference (Online service)
• Contents: Introduction / Christine Skelton, Becky Francis, and Lisa Smulyan -- Section 1. Gender theory and methodology -- 1. The nature of gender / Becky Francis -- 2. Understanding men : gender sociology and the new international research on masculinities / R.W. Connell -- 3. Femininities : reclassifying upward mobility and the neo-liberal subject / Valerie Walkerdine and Jessica Ringrose -- 4. Gender, theory and social thought : illuminating moments and critical impasses / Jo-Anne Dillabough -- 5. Gender and methodology / Catherine Marshall and Michelle D. Young -- 6. Out of the ruins : feminist pedagogy in recovery / Gaby Weiner -- 7. Gender, education and development / Elaine Unterhalter -- 8. Gender and movement in social policy / Meg Maguire -- Section 2. Gender and the educational sectors -- 9. Constructing gender in early-years education / Glenda MacNaughton -- 10. Boys and girls in the elementary school / Christine Skelton -- 11. Masculinities and femininities and secondary schooling / Kevin G. Davison and Blye W. Frank -- 12. Gender equity in post-secondary education / Carole Leathwood -- 13. Gender and higher education / Sara Delamont -- 14. Single-sex schooling / Diana Leonard -- Section 3. Gender and school subjects -- 15. Nature, neglect and nuance : changing accounts of sex, gender and mathematics / Jo Boaler and Tesha Sengupta-Irving -- 16. Engaging girls in science / Angela Calabrese Barton and Nancy Brickhouse -- 17. Gender and literacy / Bronwyn Davies and Sue Saltmarsh -- 18. 'Sex' education : subjugated discourses and adolescents' voices / Bagele Chilisa -- 19. Gender issues in testing and assessment / Jannette Elwood -- 20. Gender and citizenship / Tuula Gordon -- 21. Gender and modern language education / Linda M. von Hoene -- 22. Gender and technology : what the research tells us / Jo Sanders -- Section 4. Gender, identity and educational sites -- 23. Room at the table : racial and gendered realities in the schooling of black children / Janie Victoria Ward and Tracy L. Robinson-Wood -- 24. Compounding inequalities : gender and class in education / Diane Reay -- 25. The 'right' way to educate boys : interrogating the politics of boys' education in Australia / Wayne Martino -- 26. Constructing femininity/constructing femininities / Carrie Paechter -- 27. Appropriate behavior? : sexualities, schooling and hetero-gender / David James Mellor and Debbie Epstein -- 28. Achieving equality : disability and gender / Michael L. Wehmeyer and Harilyn Rousso -- 29. Gender voices in the classroom / Madeleine Arnot -- Section 5. Working in schools and colleges -- 30. School culture and gender / Fengshu Liu -- 31. Gendered classroom experiences / Emma Renold -- 32. Women in teaching : participation, power and possibility / Jane Gaskell and Ann L. Mullen -- 33. Constructing teaching identities / Lisa Smulyan -- 34. Women working in academe : approach with care / Sandra Acker and Michelle Webber -- 35. Gender and educational management / Charol Shakeshaft.
• Publisher Details: Thousand Oaks, CA : Sage Publications
• Publication Date: 2006
• Extent: 1 online resource (xxiii, 536 pages)
• Subjects: 371.822; Sex differences in education; Feminism and education; Sex discrimination in education; Gender identity in education; EDUCATION -- Students & Student Life; Feminism and education; Gender identity in education; Sex differences in education; Sex discrimination in education; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781446206485; 1446206483
• Related ISBNs: 1848607997; 9781848607996; 9781412907927; 1412907926
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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