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Record Nr.

UNINA9910824983703321

Autore

Deem Rosemary

Titolo

Women and schooling / / Rosemary Deem

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2011, c1978

ISBN

1-136-63514-9

1-283-57832-8

1-136-63515-7

9786613890771

0-203-80366-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (185 p.)

Collana

Routledge library editions. Education ; ; v. 70

Disciplina

371.822

Soggetti

Women - Education - Great Britain

Sex discrimination in education - Great Britain

Educational sociology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published: 1978.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Women and Schooling; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1. The Entry of Women into Mass Education in a Capitalist Society; 2. Sexism, Socialization and Culture in the Education of Girls; 3. Patterns of Contemporary Curricular Discrimination and Differentiation in the Education of Girls; 4. Women in Higher Education; 5. Women as Teachers - Separate and Unequal?; 6. Women, Education and Society: the Possibilitiesof Change; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book begins with an analysis of the gradual extension of educational opportunities for women since the nineteenth century, with special attention given to the period since 1944. There is careful exploration of the interaction between the family and the school, and an examination of their role as institutions which help to maintain the existing class relations, sexual division of labour and ideology of a capitalist society. Rosemary Deem also looks at how these institutions differentiate the socialization, culture and education of girls from that of boys, and considers the implications