LEADER 04801nam 2200757Ia 450 001 9910455279803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-280-77094-5 010 $a9786613681713 010 $a1-84855-095-2 035 $a(CKB)1000000000766546 035 $a(EBL)453225 035 $a(OCoLC)609843513 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000360467 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12108764 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000360467 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10347725 035 $a(PQKB)11517619 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC453225 035 $a(PPN)187303126 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL453225 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10372247 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL368171 035 $a(OCoLC)466444287 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000766546 100 $a20090212d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aGender, equality and education from international and comparative perspectives$b[electronic resource] /$fedited by David P. Parker, Alexander W. Wiseman 210 $a[Bingley, UK] $cEmerald Group Pub.$d2009 215 $a1 online resource (456 p.) 225 1 $aInternational perspectives on education and society,$x1479-3679 ;$vv. 10 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-78190-151-1 311 $a1-84855-094-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes. 327 $aFront cover; Gender, Equality and Education from International and Comparative Perspectives; Copyright page; Contents; List of Contributors; Preface; Chapter 1. Sex versus SES: A declining significance of gender for schooling in sub-Saharan Africa?; Chapter 2. The pedagogy of difference: Understanding Teachers' Beliefs and Practice of Gender Equity in Benin; Chapter 3. Learning from experience: Improving equality of access and outcomes for girls in Uganda's universal post-primary education and training initiative 327 $aChapter 4. Sugar daddies and the danger of sugar: Cross-generational relationships, HIV/AIDS, and secondary schooling in ZambiaChapter 5. Limits of and possibilities for equality: An analysis of discourse and practices of gendered relations, ethnic traditions, and poverty among non-majority ethnic girls in Vietnam; Chapter 6. What matters for Chinese girls' behavior and performance in school: An investigation of co-educational and single-sex schooling for girls in urban China; Chapter 7 . Gender gap and women's participation in higher education: Views from Japan, Mongolia, and India 327 $aChapter 8 . Re-gendered education and society in the newly independent states (NIS) of Central AsiaChapter 9. Issues of gender, equality, education, and national development in the United Arab Emirates; Chapter 10. Gender segregation in student career aspirations in Norwegian secondary schools; Chapter 11. Gender differences in political efficacy and attitudes toward women's rights as influenced by national and school contexts: Analysis from the IEA Civic Education Study 327 $aChapter 12. Shifting gender effects: Opportunity structures, institutionalized mass schooling, and cross-national achievement in mathematicsAuthor Index; Subject Index 330 $aThis volume of International Perspectives on Education and Society investigates the often controversial relationship between gender, equality and education from international and comparative perspectives. Much has been written recently about the global progress made toward gender parity in enrolment and curriculum in nations around the world. And there is much to tout in these areas. Although gender parity is not yet the global norm, the expectation of gender equality increasingly is. Some have gone so far as to say that the global expansion of modern mass schooling has created a world culture 410 0$aInternational perspectives on education and society ;$vv. 10. 606 $aEducational equalization 606 $aSex discrimination in education 606 $aComparative education 606 $aEducation$xInternational cooperation 606 $aEducation and globalization 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aEducational equalization. 615 0$aSex discrimination in education. 615 0$aComparative education. 615 0$aEducation$xInternational cooperation. 615 0$aEducation and globalization. 676 $a371.822 701 $aBaker$b David$f1952 Jan. 5-$01037000 701 $aWiseman$b Alexander W.$f1968-$0851927 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910455279803321 996 $aGender, equality and education from international and comparative perspectives$92457663 997 $aUNINA