Originally published in 1987. This book addresses a reappraisal of the processes of gender development and its social and educational consequences. It provides examples of key research topics and methods used for the exploration of gender and education and suggests direction for further inquiry. Unique in its depth and range of coverage, it is still helpful reading for students of education and practising teachers and administrators.
A major theme of the book is the relationship between class, racism, sexuality and education. Divided into five parts, the first offers new critical analysis of theories of gender difference, while the following sections focus on four lines of inquiry into education: exploring the past (through autobiography and life history); evaluating the implicit messages contained in texts; investigating gender dynamics within schools; and researching teachers expectations and their attempts to change practice.
Preface. Introduction Part 1: Theories of Gender Difference
1. Female
Sexuality Sigmund Freud
2. Psychology and Gender Divisions Janet Sayers
3.
The Sex-role Framework and the Sociology of Masculinity Tim Carrigan, Bob
Connell and John Lee
4. Theories of Gender and Black Families Ann Phoenix
Part 2: Exploring the Past: Autobiography and Life History
5. Understanding
Personal Accounts June Purvis
6. Streaming and the Politics of Female
Sexuality: Case Studies in the Schooling of Girls Sue Middleton
7. Learning
to Resist: Black Women and Education Beverley Bryan, Stella Dadzie and
Suzanne Scafe
8. Privileged, Schooled and Finished: Boarding Education for
Girls Judith Okely Part 3: Evaluating Texts
9. The Time of Your Life: The
Meaning of the School Story Gill Frith
10. Racial Bias in Childrens
Literature Olivia Foster-Carter
11. Mind That You Do As You Are Told:
Reading Books for Board School Girls, 1870-1902 Anna Davin
12. Sex Roles in
Reading Schemes Glenys Lobban
13. Girls and Boys in Primary Maths Books Jean
Northam Part 4: Investigating Gender Dynamics
14. Gender Differences in
Pupil-teacher Interaction in Workshops and Laboratories Gay J. Randall
15.
The Relations Between Teachers and Afro-Caribbean Pupils: Observing
Multiracial Classrooms Cecile Wright
16. Groping Towards Sexism: Boys Sex
Talk Julian Wood
17. Girls on the Margins: A Study of Gender Divisions in the
Classroom Michelle Stanworth
18. Young Women and the Transition from School
to Un/employment: A Cultural Analysis Christine Griffin
19. Talking About
School: The Experiences of Young Lesbians and Gay Men Lorraine Trenchard and
Hugh Warren Part 5: Researching Teachers: Teachers Researching
20.
Traditionalists and Trendies: Teachers Attitudes to Educational Issues
Alison Kelly with Angela Baldry, Elizabeth Bolton, Suzanne Edwards, Jo Emery,
Charmian Levin, Simon Smith and Malcolm Wills
21. Anti-Sexist Action Research
in School: The Girls and Occupational Choice Project Lynne A. Chisholm and
Janet Holland
22. Teacher as Researcher: A New Tradition for Research on
Gender Val Millman
Madeleine Arnot and Gaby Weiner of the The Open University.
