Closing the Gender Gap
Subtitle: Postwar Education and Social Change
Publisher: Polity Press; Blackwell Publishers
Published: November 1, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9780745618838
Subjects: Anthropology; Education; Gender Studies; Social Science; General; Educational Psychology; Sociology - General; Sociology; Sex discrimination in education; United Kingdom, Great Britain; Great Britain; Feminism & Feminist Theory; Women's Studies - General; FEMINISM AND EDUCATION; Social Science / Feminism & Feminist Theory; WOMEN_EDUCATION; WOMEN_GREAT BRITAIN; Women; Sex differences in education; Sex discrimination in educatio
First sentence: The gender gap in educational performance is currently a major subject of public policy debate internationally.
Description: "The education gender gap is closing. Since the 1980s examination results have changed dramatically, as girls have 'caught up' with and, in some cases, overtaken boys. Through an analysis of the postwar transformation in British economic, social and cultural life, this book provides valuable insights into how and why this unprecedented change has taken place."--BOOK JACKET. "Closing the Gender Gap will be essential reading for undergraduate and postgraduate students in education, sociology and gender studies."--Jacket.