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Education and Gender draws on international research from the USA, the UK, India, Mexico, Sub-Saharan Africa and the Caribbean, to provide a comprehensive global overview of the relationship between gender and education. Rooting constructions of gender and sexuality in specific geographical contexts, the contributors consider a range of issues. Themes discussed include the gender gap in educational attainment; pedagogical strategies; stereotyping in curricula; and education policy. Drawing on best practices worldwide, the contributors identify the current gaps and propose solutions to promote gender-just, equitable and pluralistic societies. Each chapter includes key questions to encourage active engagement with the subject and a list of further reading to support taking the exploration further.
List of contents
Notes on Contributors
Series Editor's Preface, Colin Brock (University of Oxford, UK)
Education and Gender: An Introduction, Debotri Dhar (Rutgers University, USA)
1. Promoting Girls' Education in Kenya: Insights from an NGO Initiative, Katie Orlemanski (Rutgers University, USA) and Dorothy Hodgson (Rutgers University, USA)
2. Gender, Schooling and Achievement in the Caribbean, Mike Younger (University of Cambridge, UK) and Patricia George (Ministry of Education, West Indies)
3. Gender and Graduate Education in the United States: Women's Advancement in STEM Fields, Ann Mari May (University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA) and Yana Rodgers (Rutgers University, USA)
4. Nineteenth Century Social Reform, Gender Politics, and the Contemporary Indian Education System, Rumina Sethi (Panjab University, India)
5. The Gender and Education Agenda in the United Kingdom, 1988 - 2013: The Ever-Turning Wheel, Mike Younger (University of Cambridge, UK)
6. Unlearning Gender and Sexuality: The Pedagogical Work of LGBT Organisations in Mexico City, Anahi Russo Garrido (Brandeis University, USA)
7. Teaching for the Future: Feminist Pedagogy and Humanitarian Education, Debotri Dhar (Rutgers University, USA)
Index
About the author
Debotri Dhar is Lecturer and Visiting Scholar, University of Michigan, USA.Colin Brock was Honorary Professor of Education at the University of Durham, UK, and Visiting Professor of Geography at the University of Loughborough, UK. He was also UNESCO Chair of Education as a Humanitarian Response at the University of Oxford, UK.
Summary
Education and Gender draws on international research from the USA, the UK, India, Mexico, Sub-Saharan Africa and the Caribbean, to provide a comprehensive global overview of the relationship between gender and education. Rooting constructions of gender and sexuality in specific geographical contexts, the contributors consider a range of issues. Themes discussed include the gender gap in educational attainment; pedagogical strategies; stereotyping in curricula; and education policy. Drawing on best practices worldwide, the contributors identify the current gaps and propose solutions to promote gender-just, equitable and pluralistic societies. Each chapter includes key questions to encourage active engagement with the subject and a list of further reading to support taking the exploration further.
Foreword
Examines the relationship between gender and the humanitarian function of education with examples drawn from the USA, the UK, India, Mexico, Sub-Saharan Africa and the Caribbean.
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This volume, expertly edited by Debotri Dhar, presents a remarkable range of current scholarship within the field of education development and gender ... This book is a must-read for anyone wishing to engage meaningfully with [the topics] ... Well-researched, well-written, and well-framed.
