num_pages: 106
description: Beginning with a concrete definition of feminism in relation to education, the authors of this popular and challenging study suggest an answer to the crucial What are our schools teaching, in what way, and how does it impact on the lives of women?The incisive and thought-provoking contents of this volume include "Equality of Issues of Access and Achievement"; "What is Worth Knowing?: Defining a Feminist Curriculum"; "Teachers, Child Care Workers and The Work of Caring and Educating"; "Post-secondary Education and Beyond."Claiming an Education offers a balanced presentation of the central issues facing education planners as they struggle to define the place of feminism in Canadian schools.An Our Schools/Our Selves book.
language: English
title: Claiming an Education: Feminism and Canadian Schools
titlecomplete: Claiming an Education: Feminism and Canadian Schools (Our Schools)
publisher: Our Schools Our Selves