Educating Girls - Practice and Research

List of contents

Introduction Shirley N. Sampson 1. Girls’ Expectations Millicent E. Poole and David G. Beswick 2. Is ‘Gender-inclusive’ Curriculum the Answer for Girls? Victoria Foster 3. Girls, PE and Sports Henny Oldenhove 4. Tasmanian Schools Co-operate San Fitzgibbon 5. A Rural Girls’ Self-Esteem Project Lyn Martinez, Anne Diamond and Leonie Daws 6. Living Curricula Terry Evans 7. Do Girls Count in Mathematics? Gilah C. Leder 8. The Family Maths Project Jocelyn Vasey 9. A Rescue Operation Mary Barnes 10. In Favour of Compulsory Science Lesley H. Parker and Jenny A. Offer 11. A Science Teachers’ Collective The McClintock Collective 12. Are Boys a Barrier for Girls in Science? Shirley N. Sampson 13. From Single-Sex to Coed Schools Herbert W. Marsh, Lee Owens, Margaret R. Marsh and Ian D. Smith

About the author

Gilah C. Leder, Shirley N. Sampson

Summary

Originally published in 1989. This book addresses education of girls in Australia, looking at topics like teacher practices inside and outside the classroom, co-education versus single-sex schooling, curriculum design, students’ self-esteem and long-term aspirations.

Product details

• Authors: Gilah C. La Sampson Leder, Gilah C. Sampson Leder
• Assisted by: Gilah C. Leder (Editor), Gilah C. La Leder (Editor), Shirley N. Sampson (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2017
• EAN: 9781138051164
• ISBN: 978-1-138-05116-4
• No. of pages: 180
• Series: Routledge Library Editions: Education and Gender; Routledge Library Editions: Education and Gender
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries; Australia, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, EDUCATION / Administration / General, EDUCATION / Educational Policy & Reform / General, EDUCATION / Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects, Organization & management of education, Educational administration and organization, Philosophy & theory of education, Educational strategies & policy, Gender studies: women, Philosophy and theory of education, Gender studies: women and girls, Educational strategies and policy