Gender and the changing face of higher education [[electronic resource] ] : a feminized future? / / Carole Leathwood and Barbara Read

• Autore: Leathwood Carole
• Pubblicazione: Maidenhead, England ; ; New York, : Society for Research into Higher Education/Open University Press, 2009
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (225 p.)
• Disciplina: 378.0082
• Soggetto topico: Education, Higher - Sex differences; Sex differences in education
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: ReadBarbara
• Note generali: "SRHE and Open University Press imprint."
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front cover; Half title; Current title; Title page; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 The feminization thesis; Chapter 3 The global context: gender, feminization and higher education; Chapter 4 Gender, participation and higher education in the UK; Chapter 5 Institutional identities and representations of the university; Chapter 6 Student identities, femininities and masculinities; Chapter 7 Academic identities and gendered work; Chapter 8 Academic practices: assessment, speaking and writing; Chapter 9 Academic practices: curriculum, knowledge and skills ; Chapter 10 Conclusions: re-visioning the academyReferences; Index; Back cover
• Sommario/riassunto: Presents a feminist analysis of debates about 'feminization', asking to what extent do patterns of participation continue to reflect and (re)construct wider social inequalities of gender, social class and ethnicity and how far has a numerical increase in women students challenged the cultures, curriculum and practices of the university.
• Titolo autorizzato: Gender and the changing face of higher education
• ISBN: 1-281-96467-0; 9786611964672; 0-335-22714-7; 0-335-23760-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910454117303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II