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Gender in Urban Education Strategies for Student Achievement

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ISBN-10: 086709530X

ISBN-13: 9780867095302

Edition: 2004

Authors: Alice Ginsberg, Joan P. Shapiro, Shirley P. Brown, David Sadker

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Teachers who want to tackle gender questions now have an incredible teaching assistant - this book. - David Sadker In the 1990s, several books argued that girls need more special attention in school than boys. In the 2000s, other books have said it's boys that need the special attention. Not this smart and timely book. Instead of pitting boys' needs against girls', Gender in Urban Education focuses on the relationship between them, showing you how to create gender equity in the classroom and why it's vitally important to your students to do so. Backed by up-to-the-minute research and refined through hundreds of hours of professional development, Gender in Urban Education offers examples…    
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Book details

List price: $35.95
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Heinemann
Publication date: 7/22/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 208
Size: 5.90" wide x 8.90" long x 0.42" tall
Weight: 0.638
Language: English

David Sadker has taught in middle and senior high schools, as well as at the college level, and has been a professor at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside and American University (Washington, DC) for more than three decades. He and his late wife Myra Sadker, gained a national reputation for research and publications concerning the impact of gender in schools. (To learn more about Myra’s life and work, visit www.sadker.org). Dr. Sadker has degrees from CCNY, Harvard University, and the University of Massachusetts. He has written several books and numerous articles in both professional and popular journals. He co-authored Failing at Fairness: How Our Schools Cheat Girls, (Touchstone…    

Acknowledgments
Introduction: Why Gender?
Gender in Education: Contradictions and Connections Models of Gender-Equity
Programs Raising Awareness About Gender: Questions for Reflection, Research, and Practice Beyond
"Add Women and Stir": New Approaches to Curriculum
Development Strategies for Addressing Sexuality and Sexual Harassment
The Gender Politics of Student Achievement and Urban School Reform Conclusion: Connecting Gender Issues Schoolwide
References
Index