Education, gender, and anxiety / Jenny Shaw.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shaw, Jenny, 1943-

Series:

Gender and society.

Feminist perspectives on the past and present.

Feminist perspectives on the past and present

[Gender & society]

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Anxiety--Great Britain.

Anxiety.

Object relations (Psychoanalysis)--Great Britain.

Object relations (Psychoanalysis).

Sex differences in education--Great Britain.

Sex differences in education.

Sex discrimination in education--Great Britain.

Sex discrimination in education.

Physical Description:

178p.

Place of Publication:

London ; Bristol, PA : Taylor & Francis, 1995.

Summary:

This text explores the scope for applying psychoanalytical ideas to gender inequalities that are still inherent in the educational system. It covers areas including gender differences in subject choice and polarisation in reading, writing and drawing, and suggests areas for future research.

Contents:

chapter 1 Introduction: The Unconscious Curriculum

chapter 2 Education, Sociology and Feminism: Themes and Perspectives and Object Relations

chapter 3 Anxiety and Defence Mechanisms: Driving Forces

chapter 4 Parenting and Teaching: Being Emotionally In Loco Parentis

chapter 5 The Unconscious Meanings of Reading

chapter 6 Curricula and Transitional Objects

chapter 7 Polarization, Subjects and Choice: Male Wounds and Crossroads

chapter 8 Classroom Interaction, Gender and Basic Assumptions

chapter 9 Fears, Fantasies and Divisions in Single-Sex Schools

chapter 10 Conclusions: Gender Divisions in Future.

Notes:

Second series statement from jacket.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 149-160) and index.

ISBN:

1-135-74964-7

1-135-74965-5

0-203-46113-4

1-280-06732-2

0-203-45112-0

9780203451120

OCLC:

252912705