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Record Nr.

UNINA9910823643703321

Titolo

Girl friendly schooling / / edited by Judith Whyte ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Methuen, 1985

ISBN

1-134-94454-3

1-134-94455-1

1-138-47559-9

9786610322244

1-280-32224-1

0-585-44760-8

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (271 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

ByrneJudith <1945->

Disciplina

376/.942 20

Soggetti

Sex discrimination in education - Great Britain

Educational equalization - Great Britain

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes papers presented at a conference on Girl Friendly Schooling.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliography: p. [234]-243 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Notes on contributors; Glossary; Preface; List of unpublished conference papers; What makes schooling unfriendly to girls?; Editors' introduction; Sex bias in schools: national perspectives; The attitudes of teachers; Teachers' attitudes towards girls and technology; The new vocationalism in secondary schools: its influence on girls; Interventions to make schooling more girl friendly; Editors' introduction; Girl friendly science and the girl friendly school; Personal and professional: a feminist approach

INSET for equal opportunities in the London Borough of BrentTeacher attitudes towards issues of sex equality; 'Humberside goes neuter': an example of LEA intervention for equal opportunities; Development of LEA policy: Manchester; Reflections on intervention: where do we go from here?; Legislation and mediation: to what extent has the Sex Discrimination Act changed girls' schooling ?; A question of judgment; Unfriendly myths about women teachers; Is 'girl friendly schooling' really what girls need?; Editorial note; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Asks what makes schooling unfriendly to girls and examines the success or otherwise of interventions intended to bring about change.