ISBN:
9780805880106
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (225 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Parallel Title:
Print version Gender Tales : Tensions in the Schools
DDC:
306.43
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
A book of ""real world"" cases, this text introduces ""flashpoint"" issues related to gender equity in the schools. It immerses readers in the human dilemmas teachers face when they set out to provide equal opportunities for -- and to develop the abilities of -- all of their students. Each case, a true but disguised situation, presents the pedagogical concerns, ethical questions, competing values, and complexity of social change teachers face on a daily basis in their classrooms. These cases help readers to identify and understand ideas and issues by relating them to both their own and others'
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; GENDER TALES: Tensions in the Schools; Copyright; Preface; Contents; PART ONE The Meaning of Gender Equality in the Schools; Chapter 1 ""Girlspeak"" and ""Boyspeak"": Gender Differences in Classroom Discussion; Chapter 2 A Rare Commodity; Chapter 3 The Teacher Who Knew Too Much; Chapter 4 Jane, The Reluctant Mathlete; Chapter 5 Her Work is Not Scholarly!; Chapter 6 Girls on the Wrestling Team: A Community Fight; Chapter 7 The Venerable Tradition of Separate-Sex Schooling; PART TWO Increasing Achievement among Young Women; Chapter 8 The Square Parachute: Science in Gender-mixed Groups
Description / Table of Contents:
Chapter 9 Burn Schools to the GroundChapter 10 Tough Anna; Chapter 11 Diane News: The Choice; Chapter 12 Opening Pandora's Box: The Mystery behind an ""Ideal Student""; Chapter 13 Going to the Oracle: Susan Consults the ""Big Feminist""; Chapter 14 You'll Be Washing Dishes; PART THREE Establishing Professional Standing for Female Teachers; Chapter 15 Diane: Gender, Culture, and a Crisis of Classroom Control; Chapter 16 Patsy: The Hunt for the Golden Egg; Chapter 17 The Day the Heat Went On; Chapter 18 The Alliance; PART FOUR Sexual Harassment in the Schools
Description / Table of Contents:
Chapter 19 The Boys on the Bus: Bad Language or Sexual Harassment?Chapter 20 Lisa's Complaint; Chapter 21 When Good Intentions Aren't Enough; Chapter 22 Who Is the Victim?; PART FIVE Sexual Slurs, Sexual Stereotyping, and the Marketplace of Ideas; Chapter 23 ""T"" Is for T-Shirt . . . and Take IT to Court; Chapter 24 Jockeying for Position: The Battle over Classroom Speech; Chapter 25 The Girls at Central-They Sure Got Nice Behinds; Chapter 26 March in Minneapolis; About the Editors; Index
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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