Education and Gender

by Debotri Dhar (Editor), Colin Brock (Editor)

Overview

Education and Gender draws on international research from the USA, the UK, India, Mexico, Sub-Saharan Africa and the Caribbean, to provide a comprehensive global overview of the relationship between gender and education. Rooting constructions of gender and sexuality in specific geographical contexts, the contributors consider a range of issues. Themes discussed include the gender gap in educational attainment; pedagogical strategies; stereotyping in curricula; and education policy. Drawing on best practices worldwide, the contributors identify the current gaps and propose solutions to promote gender-just, equitable and pluralistic societies. Each chapter includes key questions to encourage active engagement with the subject and a list of further reading to support taking the exploration further.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781472508348
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	01/15/2015
Series:	Education as a Humanitarian Response
Pages:	192
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Debotri Dhar is Visiting Assistant Professor in Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies at The College of Wooster, USA

Table of Contents

Notes on Contributors
Series Editor's Preface, Colin Brock (University of Oxford, UK)
Education and Gender: An Introduction, Debotri Dhar (Rutgers University, USA)
1. Promoting Girls' Education in Kenya: Insights from an NGO Initiative, Katie Orlemanski (Rutgers University, USA) and Dorothy Hodgson (Rutgers University, USA)
2. Gender, Schooling and Achievement in the Caribbean, Mike Younger (University of Cambridge, UK) and Patricia George (Ministry of Education, West Indies)
3. Gender and Graduate Education in the United States: Women's Advancement in STEM Fields, Ann Mari May (University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA) and Yana Rodgers (Rutgers University, USA)
4. Nineteenth Century Social Reform, Gender Politics, and the Contemporary Indian Education System, Rumina Sethi (Panjab University, India)
5. The Gender and Education Agenda in the United Kingdom, 1988 - 2013: The Ever-Turbaning Wheel, Mike Younger (University of Cambridge, UK)
6. Unlearning Gender and Sexuality: The Pedagogical Work of LGBT Organisations in Mexico City, Anahi Russo Garrido (Brandeis University, USA)
7. Teaching for the Future: Feminist Pedagogy and Humanitarian Education, Debotri Dhar (Rutgers University, USA)
Index