Gender and educational achievement. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Andreas Hadjar, Sabine Krolak-Schwerdt, Karin Priem, Sabine Glock.
• Editors: Hadjar, Andreas; Krolak-Schwerdt, Sabine, 1958-; Glock, Sabine; Priem, Karin
• Contents: Gender Differences in Educational Attainment – An Introduction Andreas Hadjar, Sabine Krolak-Schwerdt, Karin Priem and Sabine Glock 1. Females in science: a contradictory concept? Ruth Watts 2. The construction of ‘female citizens’: a socio-historical analysis of girls’ education in Luxembourg Catherina Schreiber 3. How gender became sex: mapping the gendered effects of sex-group categorisation onto pedagogy, policy and practice Gabrielle Ivinson 4. Troubling discourses on gender and education Elina Lahelma 5. Reversal of gender differences in educational attainment: an historical analysis of the West German case Rolf Becker 6. The gendered interplay between success and well-being during transitions Robin Samuel 7. How gender differences in academic engagement relate to students’ gender identity Ursula Kessels, Anke Heyder, Martin Latsch and Bettina Hannover 8. Gender differences in school success: what are the roles of students’ intelligence, personality and motivation? Birgit Spinath, Christine Eckert and Ricarda Steinmayr 9. Teacher evaluation of student ability: what roles do teacher gender, student gender, and their interaction play? Katarina Krkovic, Samuel Greiff, Sirkku Kupiainen, Mari-Paulina Vainikainen and Jarkko Hautamäki
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource (156 pages)
• Subjects: 370.81; Academic achievement; Sex differences in education
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781317224075; 1317224078
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.