Education and gender
By: edited by Debotri Dhar
Series: Education as a humanitarian response; Education as a humanitarian response
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 178
ISBN-13: 9781472509086; 9781472508348
Subjects: Women; Cross-cultural studies; Educational equalization; Gender identity in education; Education; Sex differences in education
Description: 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
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: 1. Promoting girls' education in Kenya: insights from an NGO Initiative / Katie Orlemanski and Dorothy Hodgson; title: Gender, schooling and achievement in the Caribbean / Mike Younger and Patricia George; title: Gender and graduate education in the United States: women's advancement in STEM fields / Ann Mari May and Yana Rodgers; title: Nineteenth century social reform, gender politics, and the contemporary Indian education system / Rumina Sethi; title: The gender and education agenda in the United Kingdom, 1988-2013: the ever-turning wheel / Mike Younger; title: Unlearning gender and sexuality: the pedagogical work of LGBT organizations in Mexico City / Anahi Russo Garrido; title: Teaching for the future: feminist pedagogy and humanitarian education / Debotri Dhar.