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Record Nr.

UNISA996199883303316

Autore

Shaw Jenny <1943, >

Titolo

Education, gender, and anxiety / / Jenny Shaw

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; Bristol, Pa. : , : Taylor & Francis, , 1995

ISBN

1-135-74964-7

1-135-74965-5

0-203-46113-4

1-280-06732-2

0-203-45112-0

Descrizione fisica

178p

Collana

Feminist perspectives on the past and present

[Gender & society]

Disciplina

370.19345

370.193450943

Soggetti

Anxiety - Great Britain

Object relations (Psychoanalysis) - Great Britain

Sex differences in education - Great Britain

Sex discrimination in education - Great Britain

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Second series statement from jacket.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 149-160) and index.

Nota di contenuto

chapter 1 Introduction: The Unconscious Curriculum -- chapter 2 Education, Sociology and Feminism: Themes and Perspectives and Object Relations -- chapter 3 Anxiety and Defence Mechanisms: Driving Forces -- chapter 4 Parenting and Teaching: Being Emotionally In Loco Parentis -- chapter 5 The Unconscious Meanings of Reading -- chapter 6 Curricula and Transitional Objects -- chapter 7 Polarization, Subjects and Choice: Male Wounds and Crossroads -- chapter 8 Classroom Interaction, Gender and Basic Assumptions -- chapter 9 Fears, Fantasies and Divisions in Single-Sex Schools -- chapter 10 Conclusions: Gender Divisions in Future.

Sommario/riassunto

This text explores the scope for applying psychoanalytical ideas to gender inequalities that are still inherent in the educational system. It covers areas including gender differences in subject choice and polarisation in reading, writing and drawing, and suggests areas for



future research.