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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451210803321

Autore

Datnow Amanda

Titolo

Gender Politics Of Educational Change [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : RoutledgeFalmer, 1997

ISBN

1-135-71479-7

1-280-31722-1

0-203-45450-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (168 p.)

Collana

Educational change and development series

Disciplina

306.43

Soggetti

Education, Secondary - United States - Administrat

Education, Secondary - Administration - United States

Educational change - Political aspects - United States

Feminism and education - United States

Education

Social Sciences

Theory & Practice of Education

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Introduction; A Framework for Understanding the Gender Politics of Educational Change; Central High School: The Case and its Context; Teachers at Central High School: Identities and Ideologies; The Competition over what 'School' Means at Central; Common and Diverging Themes in the Gender Politics of Educational Change; Implications for School Change; Appendix; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

What is the relationship of gender to the micropolitics of school reform? This book explores this timely research question, revealing the everyday struggles that happen between different factions of teachers with different definitions of what school means for students.