Gender Under Scrutiny

<p>Originally published in 1987. This book addresses a reappraisal of the processes of gender development and its social and educational consequences. It provides examples of key research topics and methods used for the exploration of gender and education and suggests direction for further inquiry. Unique in its depth and range of coverage, it is still helpful reading for students of education and practising teachers and administrators.</p><p>A major theme of the book is the relationship between class, racism, sexuality and education. Divided into five parts, the first offers new critical analysis of theories of gender difference, while the following sections focus on four lines of inquiry into education: exploring the past (through autobiography and life history); evaluating the implicit messages contained in texts; investigating gender dynamics within schools; and researching teachers’ expectations and their attempts to change practice.</p> <p>Preface. Introduction <b>Part 1: Theories of Gender Difference</b> 1. Female Sexuality <i>Sigmund Freud </i>2. Psychology and Gender Divisions <i>Janet Sayers</i> 3. The ‘Sex-role’ Framework and the Sociology of Masculinity <i>Tim Carrigan, Bob Connell and John Lee</i> 4. Theories of Gender and Black Families <i>Ann Phoenix</i> <b>Part 2: Exploring the Past: Autobiography and Life History</b> 5. Understanding Personal Accounts <i>June Purvis</i> 6. ‘Streaming’ and the Politics of Female Sexuality: Case Studies in the Schooling of Girls <i>Sue Middleton</i> 7. Learning to Resist: Black Women and Education <i>Beverley Bryan, Stella Dadzie and Suzanne Scafe</i> 8. Privileged, Schooled and Finished: Boarding Education for Girls <i>Judith Okely</i> <b>Part 3: Evaluating Texts</b> 9. ‘The Time of Your Life’: The Meaning of the School Story <i>Gill Frith</i> 10. Racial Bias in Children’s Literature <i>Olivia Foster-Carter</i> 11. ‘Mind That You Do As You Are Told’: Reading Books for Board School Girls, 1870-1902 <i>Anna Davin</i> 12. Sex Roles in Reading Schemes <i>Glenys Lobban</i> 13. Girls and Boys in Primary Maths Books <i>Jean Northam</i> <b>Part 4: Investigating Gender Dynamics </b>14. Gender Differences in Pupil-teacher Interaction in Workshops and Laboratories <i>Gay J. Randall</i> 15. The Relations Between Teachers and Afro-Caribbean Pupils: Observing Multiracial Classrooms <i>Cecile Wright</i> 16. Groping Towards Sexism: Boys’ Sex Talk <i>Julian Wood</i> 17. Girls on the Margins: A Study of Gender Divisions in the Classroom <i>Michelle Stanworth</i> 18. Young Women and the Transition from School to Un/employment: A Cultural Analysis <i>Christine Griffin</i> 19. Talking About School: The Experiences of Young Lesbians and Gay Men <i>Lorraine Trenchard and Hugh Warren </i><b>Part 5: Researching Teachers: Teachers Researching</b> 20. Traditionalists and Trendies: Teachers’ Attitudes to Educational Issues <i>Alison Kelly with Angela Baldry, Elizabeth Bolton, Suzanne Edwards, Jo Emery, Charmian Levin, Simon Smith and Malcolm Wills</i> 21. Anti-Sexist Action Research in School: The Girls and Occupational Choice Project <i>Lynne A. Chisholm and Janet Holland </i>22. Teacher as Researcher: A New Tradition for Research on Gender <i>Val Millman</i></p>