Voices of hope : adolescent girls at single sex and coeducational schools / Carole B. Shmurak. [electronic resource]

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shmurak, Carole B., 1944-

Series:

Adolescent cultures, school & society, 1091-1464 ; v. 4

Adolescent cultures, school & society Voices of hope

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Single-sex schools--United States--Longitudinal studies.

Single-sex schools.

Coeducation--United States--Longitudinal studies.

Coeducation.

Women--Education (Secondary)--United States--Longitudinal studies.

Women.

Teenage girls--United States--Attitudes--Longitudinal studies.

Teenage girls.

High school students--United States--Attitudes--Longitudinal studies.

High school students.

Girls' schools--United States--Longitudinal studies.

Girls' schools.

Girls--Education (Secondary)--United States--Longitudinal studies.

Girls.

Girls' schools--Education (Secondary)--United States--Longitudinal studies.

Coeducation--Attitudes--United States--Longitudinal studies.

Girls--Attitudes--United States--Longitudinal studies.

Teenage girls--United States--Longitudinal studies.

High school students--United States--Longitudinal studies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 220 p. )

Place of Publication:

New York : P. Lang, c1998.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Fueled by media reports of gender bias in the schools, the debate over single sex education has been recently renewed. Voices of Hope asks for a reconsideration of the framing of that debate. For whom is single sex education better? For the attainment of which goals? What do girls gain by being schooled with male peers? What is lost?" "In this longitudinal study of more than fifty high school girls at four New England independent schools, Carole B. Shmurak follows their development from ninth grade through the first year of college. Case studies capture the girls' own voices as they describe their hopes for their futures and the events that subsequently affect those futures."--BOOK JACKET.

Contents:

PART ONE: THE EDUCATIONAL CONTEXT: SINGLE SEX AND COEDUCATIONAL SCHOOLS: Introduction

The single sex vs. coeducation debate

The longitudinal study

PART TWO: FOLLOWING THE GIRLS: CASE STUDIES: Scholastic superstars

Students of color

The athletes

The scientists

Artists and actresses

Different drummers

Those who left

PART THREE: LESSONS FROM THE GIRLS: Results of the study

Reconsiderations

Appendices.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [199]-208) and indexes.

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph