Girl friendly schooling

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Asks what makes schooling unfriendly to girls and examines the success or otherwise of interventions intended to bring about change.

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Title Statements

Full title :Girl friendly schooling / edited by Judith Whyte [and others].

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Asks what makes schooling unfriendly to girls and examines the success or otherwise of interventions intended to bring about change.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:1985.
Edition:2nd ed

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Methuen
Place of Publication:London
Language:eng
Publication Date:1985.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (272 pages)

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:041504944X, 9780415049443, 0203408527, 9780203408520
oclc:ocn264476692
LC Classification:LC2052
Dewey Decimal:376/.941

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Notes on contributors; Glossary; Preface; List of unpublished conference papers; What makes schooling unfriendly to girls?; Editors' introduction; Sex bias in schools: national perspectives; The attitudes of teachers; Teachers' attitudes towards girls and technology; The new vocationalism in secondary schools: its influence on girls; Interventions to make schooling more girl friendly; Editors' introduction; Girl friendly science and the girl friendly school; Personal and professional: a feminist approach

INSET for equal opportunities in the London Borough of BrentTeacher attitudes towards issues of sex equality; 'Humberside goes neuter': an example of LEA intervention for equal opportunities; Development of LEA policy: Manchester; Reflections on intervention: where do we go from here?; Legislation and mediation: to what extent has the Sex Discrimination Act changed girls' schooling ?; A question of judgment; Unfriendly myths about women teachers; Is 'girl friendly schooling' really what girls need?; Editorial note; Bibliography; Index

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