Gender consciousness and privilege / / eleste M. Brody. [et al.]

• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York : , : Falmer Press, , 2000
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (193 p.)
• Disciplina: 306.43
• Soggetto topico: Coeducation - United States; Educational equalization - United States
• Altri autori: BrodyCeleste M
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 163-170) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Studying Gender Consciousness and Privilege; 2 Faculty Constructions of Gender at Xavier Preparatory High School; 3 Three Teachers, Three Classrooms, Three Schools; 4 Gendered Cultures and Students' Lives; 5 Curricular Reform, Classroom Equity: The Case of Mathematics; 6 Action Research and Feminism; 7 Conclusions; Epilogue; Appendix A: Faculty Questionnaire: Xavier High School; Appendix B: Xavier Faculty Follow-Up Questionnaires; Appendix C: Guiding Questions for the Xavier Faculty Focus Groups ; Appendix D: Student Surveys Appendix E: Student Focus Group Topics; References; Notes on the Authors; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Develops a new framework for working in schools that helps educators make informed decisions about change at individual, classroom, curricular and school levels on behalf of gender equity. Addresses the issue of understanding the impact of education on the two sexes, and looks at responsibility for creating gender-fair environments, organizing work and creating environments for learning. The book draws on a two-year study into the role that gender played as three Catholic high schools prepared to move from single sex to coeducation. It does not weigh the advantages of single sex against
• Titolo autorizzato: Gender consciousness and privilege
• ISBN: 1-135-69903-8; 9786610167975; 1-135-69904-6; 1-283-96283-7; 1-280-16797-1; 0-203-97891-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910783090803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II