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Jossey-Bass Reader on Gender in Education

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ISBN-10: 0787960748

ISBN-13: 9780787960742

Edition: 2002

Authors: Jossey-Bass Publishers Staff

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This text pulls together the major camps of the gender debate to illustrate how this issue affects every part of the educational enterprise. Topics covered include the nature/nurture debate, gender achievement gaps, and sexual harassment.
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Book details

List price: $43.00
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 4/29/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 784
Size: 5.50" wide x 9.00" long x 1.50" tall
Weight: 2.244
Language: English

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About the Authors
Acknowledgments
Foreword
Introduction: The History of Gender Issues in Education
"Too Strong for a Woman"--The Five Words That Created Title IX
Feminists Discover the Hidden Injuries of Coeducation
Female and Male Identity
Images of Relationship
Real Boys: The Truths Behind the Myths
Where It All Begins: The Biology of Boyhood
Do Girls and Boys Have Different Cultures?
Negotiating the Classroom
Thorns Among Roses: The Struggle of Young Boys in Early Education
The Miseducation of Boys
The Madgirl in the Classroom
How Girls Negotiate School
Gender Equity in the Curriculum
Course-Taking Patterns
Breaking the Barriers: The Critical Middle School Years
Misreading Masculinity: Speculations on the Great Gender Gap in Writing
Girls and Design: Exploring the Question of Technological Imagination
Educational Software and Games: Rethinking the "Girls' Game"
The Evaded Curriculum
Sexuality, Schooling, and Adolescent Females: The Missing Discourse of Desire
Violence in Schools
Bullying as Sexual Harassment in Elementary Schools
How Early Vulnerability Becomes Bad Behavior: Hurt Little Boys Become Aggressive Big Boys
Striking Back: Sexual Harassment at Weston
Boys to Men: Questions of Violence
The Interaction of Gender, Race, and Class
Diversity in Girls' Experiences: Feeling Good About Who You Are
School Rules
Characteristics of Communities Affecting Participation/Success
Naughty by Nature
Examining Women's Progress in the Sciences from the Perspective of Diversity
Single Sex Versus Coeducation
Single-Sex Education in Grades K-12: What Does the Research Tell Us?
Single-Sex vs. Coeducational Schools
Why Johnny Can't, Like, Read and Write
What's Sex Got to Do with It? Simplistic Questions, Complex Answers
Anita Hill Is a Boy: Tales from a Gender-Fair Classroom