Gender, Equality and Education from International and Comparative Perspectives / edited by David P. Baker, Alexander W. Wiseman.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Baker, David, 1952 January 5-

Wiseman, Alexander W., 1968-

James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women--Education--Cross-cultural studies.

Women.

Educational equalization.

Sex discrimination in education.

Comparative education.

Education--International cooperation.

Education.

Education and globalization.

Women--Education.

Cross-cultural studies.

Physical Description:

xv, 439 pages : illustrations, map ; cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Bingley, UK : Emerald/ Jai, 2009.

Summary:

This volume of International Perspectives on Education and Society investigates the often-controversial relationship between gender, equality, and education from international and comparative perspectives. Much has been written about the global progress made toward gender parity in enrollment and curriculum in nations around the world. Yet, while there have been many positive advances regarding girls' and women's education around the world, there are still significant differences that are institutionalized in the policies and administrative structures of national education systems. While the differences in schooling between boys and girls exist worldwide, evidence also suggests that girls' and women's education is strongly contextualized by the political, social, and economic environments of both local schools and national educational systems. Some of the most interesting recent comparative work on gender inequality in schools focuses on how gender intersects with 'real world' influences on equality like race, ethnicity, and class. In the 21st century, the concept of gender equality pervades world culture in every nation around the world - even in nations where gender equality has not been and may never be fully achieved. The question remains whether or not gender equality in education or the expectation of gender equality is being achieved in schools around the world. This is the international environment in which the contributors to this volume of the International Perspectives on Education and Society series address issues of gender and both inequality and efforts to achieve equality in education.

Contents:

Sex Versus Ses: A Declining Significance of Gender for Schooling in Sub-Saharan Africa? / Parfait M. Eloundou-Enyegue, Fouad Makki, Sarah C. Giroux 1

The Pedagogy of Difference: Understanding Teachers' Beliefs and Practice of Gender Equity in Benin / Sonya Anderson 39

Learning from Experience: Improving Equality of Access and Outcomes for Girls in Uganda's Universal Post-Primary Education and Training Initiative / Jill Sperandio, Alice Kagoda 89

Sugar Daddies and the Danger of Sugar: Cross-Generational Relationships, HIV/AIDS, and Secondary Schooling in Zambia / Monisha Bajaj 123

Limits of and Possibilities for Equality: An Analysis of Discourse and Practices of Gendered Relations, Ethnic Traditions, and Poverty Among Non-Majority Ethnic Girls in Vietnam / Joan DeJaeghere, Shirley J. Miske 145

What Matters for Chinese Girls' Behavior and Performance in School: An Investigation of Co-Educational and Single-Sex Schooling for Girls in Urban China / Julia Kaufman, Liqun Yin 185

Gender Gap and Women's Participation in Higher Education: Views from Japan, Mongolia, and India / Yoshiko Nozaki, Rima Aranha, Rachel Fix Dominguez, Yuri Nakajima 217

Re-Gendered Education and Society in the Newly Independent States (NIS) of Central Asia / Alan J. DeYoung, Elizabeth A. Constantine 255

Issues of Gender, Equality, Education, and National Development in the United Arab Emirates / Daniel Kirk, Diane Napier 301

Gender Segregation in Student Career Aspirations in Norwegian Secondary Schools / Lihong Huang 333

Gender Differences in Political Efficacy and Attitudes Toward Women's Rights as Influenced by National and School Contexts: Analysis from the Iea Civic Education Study / Carolyn Barber, Judith Torney-Purta 357

Shifting Gender Effects: Opportunity Structures, Institutionalized Mass Schooling, and Cross-National Achievement in Mathematics / Alexander W. Wiseman, David P. Baker, Catherine Riegle-Crumb, Francisco O. Ramirez 395.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Local Notes:

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

ISBN:

9781848550940

1848550944

OCLC:

308185242