Closing the gender gap : post-war education and social change / Madeleine Arnot, Miriam David, Gaby Weiner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Arnot, Madeleine.

Contributor:

David, Miriam E.

Weiner, Gaby

James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sex differences in education--Great Britain.

Sex differences in education.

Feminism and education.

Great Britain.

Women--Education--Great Britain.

Women.

Women--Education.

Sex discrimination in education--Great Britain.

Sex discrimination in education.

Feminism and education--Great Britain.

Physical Description:

x, 191 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, UK : Polity Press ; Malden, MA : Blackwell Publishers, 1999.

Summary:

The education gender gap is closing. Since the 1980s examination results have changed dramatically, as girls have "caught up" and, in some cases, overtaken boys. Through an analysis of the postwar transformation in British economic, social and cultural life, this important book provides valuable insights into how and why this unprecedented change has taken place.In particular, the book focuses on the welfare state and the education reforms under Margaret Thatcher which encouraged this momentum for change despite her personal efforts to re-instil Victorian educational values. These reforms, the authors argue, coupled with the women's movement, re-shaped girls' and boys' identities and educational choices irrevocably, but not necessarily in the same or complementary ways.Closing the Gender Gap will be essential reading for undergraduate and postgraduate students in education, sociology and gender studies.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [159]-179) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.

ISBN:

0745618839

0745618847

OCLC:

41086714