04151nam 2200565Ia 450 991045640450332120200520144314.01-283-33836-X97866133383650-335-23978-1(CKB)2550000000013588(EBL)557095(OCoLC)654029505(MiAaPQ)EBC557095(Au-PeEL)EBL557095(CaPaEBR)ebr10394835(CaONFJC)MIL333836(EXLCZ)99255000000001358820091008d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||Girls and education 3-16[electronic resource] continuing concerns, new agendas /edited by Carolyn Jackson, Carrie Paechter, Emma RenoldMaidenhead Open University Press20101 online resource (258 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-335-23562-X Includes bibliographical references and index.Front cover; Half title page; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; Contents; Contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction. Carolyn Jackson, Carrie Paechter and Emma Renold; Part 1 Girls and academic achievement; 1 Girls' achievement: contesting the positioning of girls as the relational 'achievers' to 'boys' underachievement'. Becky Francis; 2 Exploring girls' relationship to and with achievement: linking assessment, learning, mind and gender. Jannette Elwood; 3 'Rebels', 'bad girls' and 'misbehavers': exploring 'underachievement' in single-sex, selective schooling. Alexandra Allan4 Refusing to integrate? Asian girls, achievement and the experience of schooling. Farzana Shain5 Fighting for an education: succeeding and surviving for girls in care at school. Emma Renold; Part 2 Girls' experiences in the schooling system; 6 Inner city girls: choosing schools and negotiating friendships. Rosalyn George; 7 'Even the people you know turn their back on you': the influence of friendships and social networks on girls' experiences of physical education. Laura Hills8 Schoolgirls and power/ knowledge economies: using knowledge to mobilize social power. Carrie Paechter and Sheryl Clark9 'You've got to have the pink one because you're a girl!': exploring young girls' understanding of femininities and masculinities in preschool. Barbara Martin; 10 Gender and the new discipline agenda in Scottish schools. Sheila Riddell, Jean Kane, Gwynedd Lloyd, Gillean McCluskey, Joan Stead and Elisabet Weedon; Part 3 Relationships between girls' out-of-school experiences and school life; 11 Demanding time: balancing school and out-of-school demands. Carolyn Jackson12 Sluts, whores, fat slags and playboy bunnies: Teen girls' negotiations of 'sexy' on social networking sites and at school. Jessica Ringrose13 'I was kinda paralytic': pleasure, peril and teenage girls' drinking stories. Fin Cullen; 14 New literacies, old identities: young girls' experiences of digital literacy at home and school. Jackie Marsh; 15 Framing girls in girlhood studies: gender/class/ifications in contemporary feminist representations. Valerie Hey; Index; Back coverThis topical collection highlights the main issues faced by girls in Britain today, and endeavours to put girls back on the educational agenda. It is essential reading for students, academics and researchers in education, sociology, and girls' studies, as well as for school teachers and education policy makers.Educational equalizationGirlsEducationSex discrimination in educationElectronic books.Educational equalization.GirlsEducation.Sex discrimination in education.371.822Jackson Carolyn1970-860263Paechter Carrie F883041Renold Emma907185MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910456404503321Girls and education 3-162053458UNINA