Within school walls : the role of discipline, sexuality and the curriculum / AnnMarie Wolpe.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wolpe, AnnMarie.

Series:

Routledge library editions. Education ; v. 75.

Routledge library editions. Education ; v. 75

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sex discrimination in education--Great Britain.

Sex discrimination in education.

Education--Great Britain.

Education.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (313 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Routledge, 2012, c1988.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Drawing from her in-depth ethnographic study of a London comprehensive school the author shows how gender formation for both girls and boys is mediated by disciplinary control, sexuality and the curriculum. Her findings for girls and boys - with their important emphases - are revealed. So are the responses and perspectives of the teachers. Prior to publication of this volume much feminist writing depicted the subordination of girls as a function of patriarchal control, both in terms of the teaching the girls receive and the behaviour of the boys around them. The author's narrative implicitl

Contents:

Cover; Within School Walls; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part One: Discipline and Control; Chapter One: Within these walls; Chapter Two: Classroom behaviour; Chapter Three: Girls and boys at school; Part Two: Sexuality; Introduction; Chapter Four: Sexuality and moral order; Chapter Five: Sexuality in the school; Chapter six: Sex and everyday life; Part Three: The Curriculum; Chapter Seven: Knowledge and control; Chapter Eight: The curriculum at Berkeley; Chapter Nine: The curriculum and work; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Originally published: 1988.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-136-63479-7

1-280-66026-0

9786613637192

1-136-63480-0

0-203-80361-2

9780203803615

OCLC:

798530453