Gender consciousness and privilege / Celeste M. Brody ... [and others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Brody, Celeste M.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Catholic Church.

Coeducation--United States--Case studies.

Coeducation.

Educational equalization--United States--Case studies.

Educational equalization.

Education.

United States.

Catholic Church--Education--United States--Case studies.

Sex discrimination in education.

School management and organization.

Local Subjects:

Sex discrimination in education.

School management and organization.

Genre:

Case studies.

Physical Description:

x, 180 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Falmer Press, 1999.

Summary:

Gender Consciousness and Privilege offers an entirely new framework for understanding the role of gender in education. Based on the results of a two year study of three schools undergoing major organizational changes as they prepared for coeducation, it promotes understanding of the role gender plays in influencing change in a high school.

The book focuses on the impact of education on both sexes, placing responsibility for creating gender-fair environments on how educators organise their work and how they create environments for learning.

The authors examine how assumptions about gender and male privilege are embedded in the culture, the curriculum, the interpersonal interactions inside and outside the classroom, and the psychology of the students.

Contents:

1 Studying Gender Consciousness and Privilege 10

2 Faculty Constructions of Gender at Xavier Preparatory High School 22

3 Three Teachers, Three Classrooms, Three Schools 39

4 Gendered Cultures and Students' Lives 66

5 Curricular Reform, Classroom Equity: The Case of Mathematics 94

6 Action Research and Feminism 119.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0750709995

0750709987

OCLC:

41137688