The gender politics of educational change / Amanda Datnow.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Datnow, Amanda.

Series:

Educational change and development series.

Educational change and development series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education, Secondary--United States--Administration.

Education, Secondary.

Educational change--Political aspects--United States.

Educational change.

Feminism and education--United States.

Feminism and education.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (168 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; Washington, D.C. : Falmer Press, 1998.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

What is the relationship of gender to the micropolitics of school reform? This book explores this timely research question, revealing the everyday struggles that happen between different factions of teachers with different definitions of what school means for students.

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Introduction; A Framework for Understanding the Gender Politics of Educational Change; Central High School: The Case and its Context; Teachers at Central High School: Identities and Ideologies; The Competition over what 'School' Means at Central; Common and Diverging Themes in the Gender Politics of Educational Change; Implications for School Change; Appendix; References; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 148-154) and index.

ISBN:

1-135-71478-9

1-135-71479-7

1-280-31722-1

0-203-45450-2

9780203454503

OCLC:

437077035