Defining and Redefining Gender Equity in Education (Hc)

by Janice Koch (Editor)

Overview

Education scholars from around the US investigate why the research on issues of gender and schooling have apparently made so little impact on classroom practice, and whether females and males sitting in the same classroom with the same teacher sense that progress had been made toward gender equality in education. There is no index. Annotation c. Book News, Inc.,Portland, OR

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781931576437
Publisher:	Information Age Publishing, Inc.
Publication date:	04/28/2005
Series:	Research on Women and Education Ser. , #1
Pages:	212
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.50(d)

Table of Contents

	Preface	vii
	Introduction	xi
Part I	Defining Gender Equity
1.	What is the Field of Gender Equity in Education? Questions & Answers	3
2.	Research and Evaluation on Gender Equity in Education	29
Part II	Advancing Gender Equity
3.	Women Leaders: Creating Equitable School Environments	43
4.	Gender Equity in the Academy	59
5.	Gender Equity in Science and Mathematics Education: Barriers of the Mind	81
6.	Gender Equity in Technology Education	99
7.	Gender, Violence and Harassment in Schools	117
Part III	Redefining Gender Equity
8.	Black Women: Winning or Losing?	135
9.	Latinas in the Ivory Tower: The Road to Restructuring Tenure Policies	149
10.	Going Beyond Sex Equity	163
11.	Redefining Gender Equity	181
	Contributors	193