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| Genre/Form: | Encyclopedias Encyclopédies |
|---|---|
| Material Type: | Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Barbara J Bank; Sara Delamont; Catherine Marshall |
| ISBN: | 9780313333439 0313333432 9780313333446 0313333440 9780313333453 0313333459 |
| OCLC Number: | 144598101 |
| Description: | 2 v. ; 27 cm. |
| Contents: | Preface -- Introduction -- v. 1 -- pt. 1. Gendered theories of education -- Overview -- Academic capitalism -- Black feminism, womanism, and standpoint theories -- Feminist reproduction theory -- Liberal and radical feminisms -- Multicultural and global feminisms -- Postmodern and poststructural theories -- Queer theory -- Relational-cultural theory -- Sex role socialization -- Social capital theories -- Social constructionism -- pt. 2. Gender issues in educational research -- Overview -- Feminist critiques of educational research and practices -- International and U.S. data sources on gender and education -- Methodological problems in gender research -- pt. 3. Institutional contexts for gendered education -- Overview -- Alternative schools -- Coeducational colleges and universities -- Community colleges -- Distance education -- Historically black colleges and universities -- Home schooling -- Men's colleges and universities -- Military colleges and academies -- National school systems -- Private single-sex and coeducational schools -- Public single-sex and coeducational schools -- Tribal colleges and universities -- Women's colleges and universities. pt. 4. Gender constructions in the official curriculum -- Overview -- Biological and physical sciences -- Black studies -- Early childhood education -- Family and consumer sciences (historical, home economics) -- Health and sex education -- History lessons about gender -- Mathematics -- Men's studies -- Multicultural education -- Music -- National curricula -- Physical education -- Queer[ing] curriculum -- Social studies -- Teacher education -- Technology and computer science -- Theatre and drama -- Visual arts -- Vocational education -- Women's and gender studies -- pt. 5. Gendered achievements in the official curriculum -- Overview -- Academic majors -- Attrition from schools -- College student attrition and retention -- Curricular tracking -- Educational achievements in international context -- Graduate and professional education -- Intelligence tests -- Literacy -- Mathematics performance -- Reading -- Science achievement -- Writing -- About the editors and contributors. v. 2 -- pt. 6. Gender constructions and achievements in the extracurriculum -- Overview -- Academic, arts, and service clubs -- Femininity, cheerleading, and sports -- Fraternities -- Masculinity and school sports -- Service learning and activism -- Sororities -- Student government -- Women's centers -- pt. 7. Gender constructions in the hidden curriculum -- Overview -- Educator sexual misconduct -- Expectations of teachers for boys and girls -- Heterosexism and homophobia in the hidden curriculum -- Managing "problem" boys and girls -- School counseling -- Teacher-student interactions -- pt. 8. Gender constructions in the peer group -- Overview -- Bullying, harassment, and violence among students -- Gangs and schools -- Heterosexism and homophobia in the peer group -- Peer cultures and friendships in school -- Playgrounds and recreational activities -- pt. 9. Gendered teaching and administration -- Overview -- Advising and mentoring in graduate education -- Career patterns in higher education -- Career patterns in schools -- Faculty workloads in higher education -- Feminization of teaching -- Leadership styles -- Masculinity, homophobia, and teaching -- Salaries of academics -- Teacher burnout -- Work-family conflicts of educators. pt. 10. Gender and educational policies -- Overview -- The "boy problem" -- Evaluation policies for academics -- Feminist pedagogy -- Gender equality policies in British schooling -- Gender equality policies in Canadian schooling -- Gender equity and students with disabilities -- International policies -- NGOs and their impact on gendered education -- Pregnant and parenting teens -- School choice and gender equity -- Sexual harassment policies and practices -- Students' rights in U.S. higher education -- Title IX and school sports -- Women's Educational Equity Act -- Work-family reconciliation policies -- Name index -- Subject index -- About the editors and contributors. |
| Responsibility: | edited by Barbara J. Bank ; Sara Delamont and Catherine Marshall, associate editors. |
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