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Salomone Rosemary C. |
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Titolo |
Same, Different, Equal : Rethinking Single-Sex Schooling / / Rosemary C. Salomone |
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New Haven, CT : , : Yale University Press, , [2008] |
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©2008 |
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ISBN |
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1-281-72947-7 |
9786611729479 |
0-300-12914-9 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (304 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Single-sex schools - United States |
Women - Education (Secondary) - United States |
Sex differences in education - United States |
Educational equalization - United States |
Feminism and education - United States |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Text and Subtext -- 2. A Tale of Three Cities -- 3. Equality Engendered -- 4. Myths and Realities in the Gender Wars -- 5. Who's Winning, Who's Losing, and Why? -- 6. Legal Narratives -- 7. Reconciling the Law -- 8. The Research Evidence -- 9. Rethinking Single-Sex Schooling -- Notes -- Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Although coeducation has been the norm within private and public schools since the 1970s, single-sex education has staged a comeback in recent years as a means of addressing the academic and social problems faced by some students. Single-sex education raises controversy on ideological grounds, and in 1996 the Supreme Court struck down the all-male admissions policy at the Virginia Military Institute in a decision that has cast a legal cloud over public initiatives. In this timely book, Rosemary Salomone offers a reasoned educational and legal argument supporting single-sex education as an alternative to coeducation, particularly in the case of disadvantaged minority |
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students.Salomone examines the history of women's education and exclusion, philosophical and psychological theories of sameness and difference, findings on educational achievement and performance, the research evidence on single-sex schooling, and the legal questions that have arisen. Correcting many of the current misconceptions about single-sex education, she argues that it is a viable option and that the road to gender equality should be paved with diverse educational opportunities for all students-regardless of race, class, or gender. |
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