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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454117303321

Autore

Leathwood Carole

Titolo

Gender and the changing face of higher education [[electronic resource] ] : a feminized future? / / Carole Leathwood and Barbara Read

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Maidenhead, England ; ; New York, : Society for Research into Higher Education/Open University Press, 2009

ISBN

1-281-96467-0

9786611964672

0-335-22714-7

0-335-23760-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (225 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

ReadBarbara

Disciplina

378.0082

Soggetti

Education, Higher - Sex differences

Sex differences in education

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"SRHE and Open University Press imprint."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front cover; Half title; Current title; Title page; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 The feminization thesis; Chapter 3 The global context: gender, feminization and higher education; Chapter 4 Gender, participation and higher education in the UK; Chapter 5 Institutional identities and representations of the university; Chapter 6 Student identities, femininities and masculinities; Chapter 7 Academic identities and gendered work; Chapter 8 Academic practices: assessment, speaking and writing; Chapter 9 Academic practices: curriculum, knowledge and skills

Chapter 10 Conclusions: re-visioning the academyReferences; Index; Back cover

Sommario/riassunto

Presents a feminist analysis of debates about 'feminization', asking to what extent do patterns of participation continue to reflect and (re)construct wider social inequalities of gender, social class and ethnicity and how far has a numerical increase in women students challenged the cultures, curriculum and practices of the university.