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The science education of American girls : a historical perspective / / Kim Tolley



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Autore: Tolley Kimberley Visualizza persona
Titolo: The science education of American girls : a historical perspective / / Kim Tolley Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2013
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (304 p.)
Disciplina: 507.1/073
Soggetto topico: Science - Study and teaching - United States - History
Women - Education - United States - History
Note generali: First published in 2003 by RoutledgeFalmer.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: Cover ; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Tables; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Geography Opens the Door; 2 Science for Ladies, Classics for Gentlemen; 3 ""What Will Be the Use of This Study?""; 4 From Arithmetic to Higher Mathematics; 5 The Rise of Natural History; 6 ""Study Nature, Not Books""; 7 Other Paths, Other Opportunities; 8 Physics for Boys; Conclusion; Notes on Sources; Notes; Index
Sommario/riassunto: The Science Education of American Girls provides a comparative analysis of the science education of adolescent boys and girls, and analyzes the evolution of girls' scientific interests from the antebellum era through the twentieth century. Kim Tolley expands the understanding of the structural and cultural obstacles that emerged to transform what, in the early nineteenth century, was regarded as a ""girl's subject."" As the form and content of pre-college science education developed, Tolley argues, direct competition between the sexes increased. Subsequently, the cultural construction
Titolo autorizzato: The science education of American girls  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-135-33927-9
0-415-93473-7
0-203-95249-9
1-135-33920-1
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910790950603321
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Serie: Garland reference library of social science. . -Studies in the history of education.