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Coming into her own : educational success in girls and women / Sara N. Davis, Mary Crawford, and Jadwiga Sebrechts, Editors.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Women--Education--United States.
- Women.
- Women--Education.
- United States.
- Women--Education (Higher)--United States.
- Women--Education (Higher).
- Feminism and education--United States.
- Feminism and education.
- Women's studies--United States.
- Women's studies.
- Physical Description:
- xix, 361 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- San Francisco, Calif. : Jossey-Bass, [1999]
- Summary:
- Over the course of the last 30 years, the large gap between the education levels of girls and boys, women and men, has largely diminished. But inequalities still exist. Based on a wide array of studies and experiments in learning conducted since this issue began to receive focused attention in the 1960s, Coming Into Her Own looks at how classroom experiences, social climate, academic relationships, and differing experiences at co-ed and single-sex institutions can impact educational achievement Drawing on three key areas of study-psychology, education, and women's studies-the editors have created an impressive, essential, and long overdue integration of perspectives, together with suggestions for practical teaching strategies, in an admirable effort to continue the evolution of girls and women's education.
- Contents:
- Charting the history of women's studies programs / Judith Giblin James
- The women's college difference / Jadwiga Sebrechts
- Principles and strategies of feminist teaching / Ellen Kimmel
- Teaching through narratives of women's lives / Debbie Cottrell
- Studying women's lives in an interdisciplinary context / Sara N. Davis and Virginia Kaib Ratigan
- The influence of the personal on classroom interaction / Helene Elting
- Creating collaborative classroom / Sara N. Davis
- Encouraging participation in the classroom / Estelle Disch
- Overcoming resistance to feminism in the classroom / Mary Crawford and Jessica A. Suckle
- Creating expectations in adolescent girls / Rebecca L. Pierce and Mary E. Kite
- Successful strategies for teaching statistics / Mary B. Harris and Candace Schau
- Mentoring the whole life of emerging scientists / Neal B. Abraham
- Mentoring diverse population / Roxana Moayedi
- Advising young women of color / Susan E. Murphy, Sharon G. Goto, and Ellen A. Ensher
- Lessons from self-defense training / Glenda M. Russell and Kari L. Fraser
- Including lesbian, gay, and bisexual students in student life / Janis S. Bohan and Glenda M. Russell
- College women and alcohol use / Mary Crawford, George Dowdall, and Henry Wechsler
- Preventing dating violence / Deborah Mahlstedt and Carole Baroody Corcoran
- Defining supportive educational environment for low-income women / Erika Kates.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 0787944904
- OCLC:
- 40674903
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