04647oam 2200757I 450 991045362210332120200520144314.00-415-93271-81-315-02349-01-136-70377-210.4324/9781315023496 (CKB)2550000001139184(EBL)1501491(OCoLC)862049512(SSID)ssj0001040640(PQKBManifestationID)11572883(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001040640(PQKBWorkID)11001757(PQKB)10670063(MiAaPQ)EBC1501491(Au-PeEL)EBL1501491(CaPaEBR)ebr10875609(CaONFJC)MIL538854(OCoLC)897453049(EXLCZ)99255000000113918420180706d2002 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrGender in policy and practice perspectives on single-sex and coeducational schooling /edited by Amanda Datnow and Lea HubbardLondon ;New York :Routledge,2002.1 online resource (655 p.)Sociology in EducationDescription based upon print version of record.0-415-93270-X 1-306-07603-X Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; SECTION ONE Introduction and Background; 1. Introduction; 2. What Do We Know about the Effects of Single-Sex Schools in the Private Sector?: Implications for Public Schools; 3. Challenging the System: Assumptions and Data behind the Push for Single-Sex Schooling; 4. The Legality of Single-Sex Education in the United States: Sometimes "Equal" Means "Different"; SECTION TWO Public Single-Sex Schooling in Changing Policy Contexts; 5. The Intersection of Educational Reforms: Single-Gender Academies in a Public Middle School6. Engendering Public Education: Single-Sex Schooling in Western Canada7. Are Single-Sex Schools Sustainable in the Public Sector?; SECTION THREE The Transition from Single-Sex Education to Coeducation; 8. The Transition to Coeducation at Wheaton College: Conscious Coeducation and Gender Equity in Higher Education; 9. Conservative Intent, Liberating Outcomes: The History of Coordinate Colleges for Women; 10. Gender Integration at Virginia Military Institute and the United States Military Academy at West Point; 11. Studying Gender Consciousness in Single-Sex and Coeducational High SchoolsSECTION FOUR Single-Sex Schooling and Students' Attitudes and Experiences in School12. Perceptions of a Single-Sex Class Experience: Females and Males See It Differently; 13. Single-Gender or Coeducation for Middle-School Girls: Does It Make a Difference in Math?; 14. Participation in Science Courses in the Final Year of High School in Australia: The Influences of Single-Sex and Coeducational Schools; SECTION FIVE Constructions of Gender in Single-Sex Schooling; 15. Girls in the Company of Girls: Social Relations and Gender Construction in Single-Sex Drama Education16. Constructions of Masculinity in California's Single-Gender Academies17. Constructions of Gender in Parents' Choice of a Single-Sex School for Their Daughters; Author Biographies; IndexThis book exposes the complexity of single-sex schooling, and sheds new light on how gender operates in policy and practice in education. The essays collected in this volume cover a wide-range of institutions, including K-12 and higher education, public and private schools, and schools in the US and beyond. Detailing the educational experiences of both young men and women, this collection examines how schooling shapes - and is shaped by - the social construction of gender in history and in contemporary society.Sociology in EducationSingle-sex schoolsCoeducationGender identity in educationSex differences in educationEducational equalizationElectronic books.Single-sex schools.Coeducation.Gender identity in education.Sex differences in education.Educational equalization.371.822Datnow Amanda854697Hubbard Lea1946-854698MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910453622103321Gender in policy and practice1908521UNINA