Gender and Early Learning Environments (Hc)

A volume in Research on Women and Education (RWE)Series EditorsBeverly Irby Sam Houston State Universityand Janice Koch Hofstra UniversityThe Research on Women and Education SIG of the American EducationalResearch Association presents the third book in its series Gender and EarlyLearning Environments. Finding after the publication of Gender and Schoolingin the Early Years the second book in the series that there was and is a paucity ofpublished literature on early childhood gender issues the editors determined thatone additional book on early childhood and gender issues was warranted in thisseries. The latest book in the series Gender and Early Learning Environments is encompassing of a wide rangeof topics addressing early childhood influences on gender and development of the whole child. For earlychildhood educators this book aides in making visible and exploring the definition of what gender means incontemporary culture.