基本説明
Examines how schooling shapes - and is shaped by - the social construction of gender in history and in contemporary society.
Full Description
This book exposes the complexity of single-sex schooling, and sheds new light on how gender operates in policy and practice in education. The essays collected in this volume cover a wide range of institutions, including K-12 and higher education, public and private schools, and schools in the US and beyond. Detailing the educational experiences of both young men and women, this collection examines how schooling shapes-and is shaped by- the social construction of gender in history and in contemporary society.
Contents
Part I: Introduction and Background 1. Introduction Amanda Datnow and Lea Hubbard 2. What Do We Know about the Effects of Single-Sex Schools in the Private Sector: What Are the Implications for Public Schools? Cornelius Riordan 3. Challenging the System: Assumptions and Data behind the Push for Single-Sex Schooling Patricia B. Campbell and Jo Sanders 4. The Legality of Single-Sex Education in the United States: Sometimes Equal Means Different Rosemary Salomone Part II: Public Single-Sex Schooling in Changing Policy Contexts 5. The Intersection of Educational Reforms: Single-Gender Academies in a Public Middle School Kathryn Herr and Emily Arms 6. Engendering Public Education: Single-Sex Schooling in Western Canada Kathy Sanford and Heather Blair 7. Are Single-Sex Schools Sustainable in the Public Sector? Lea Hubbard and Amanda Datnow Part III: The Transition from Single-Sex and Coeducation 8. The Transition to Coeducation at Wheaton College: Conscious Coeducation and Gender Equity in Higher Education Alan R. Sadovnik and Susan F. Semel 9. Conservative Intent, Liberating Outcomes: The History of Coordinate Colleges for Women Leslie Miller-Bernal 10. Gender Integration at Virginia Military Institute and the United States Military Academy at West Point Diane Diamond and Michael Kimmel 11. Studying Gender Consciousness in Single-Sex and Coeducational High Schools Patricia Schmuck, Nancy G. Nagel , and Celeste Brody Part IV: Single-Sex Schooling and Students' Attitudes and Experiences in School 12. Single-Sex Classes: Girls and Boys See It Differently Janice Streitmatter 13. Single-Gender or Coeducation for Middle-School Girls: Does It Make a Difference in Math? Judith Gilson 14. Participation in Science Courses in the Final Year of High School in Australia: The Influences of Single-Sex and Coeducational Schools John Ainley and Peter Daly Part V: Constructions of Gender in Single-Sex Schooling 15. Girls in the Company of Girls: Social Relations and Gender Construction in Single-Sex Drama Education Kathleen Gallagher 16. Constructions of Masculinity in California's Single-Gender Academies Elisabeth L. Woody 17. Constructions of Gender in Parents' Choice of a Single-Sex School for Their Daughters Barbara Heather
