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Gender and Education [2 volumes]: An Encyclopedia
Author(s): Barbara J. Bank
- Publisher: Praeger Publishers Inc
- Publication Date: 1 Sept. 2007
- Language: English
- Print length: 896 pages
- ISBN-10: 9780313333439
- ISBN-13: 9780313333439
Book Description
In this two volume set, educators explore the intersection of gender and education. Their entries deal with educational theories, research, curricula, practices, personnel, and policies, but also with variations in the gendering of education across historical and cultural contexts. The various contributors discuss gender as a social construction. The latest research on boys and masculinities, as well as girls and feminism, is included.
The entries in this work cover the breadth of topics related to gender and education. They provide reference information on the history and condition of gender and education from elementary to high school. Entries cover such topics as: alternative schools, historically black colleges and universities in the United States, military colleges and academies, private and public single-sex and co-educational schools, literacy, mathematics achievement, women’s centers, teacher interactions with girls and boys, affirmative action in U.S. higher education, sororities and fraternities, educator sexual misconduct, expectations of teachers for boys and girls, heterosexism and homophobia, bullying, harassment, and violence among students, salaries of male and female educators, school choice and gender equity, disabled students and gender equity, Title IX and school sports, black feminism, womanism, and queer theory.
Editorial Reviews
Review
“Bank presents a thorough and up-to-date look at issues of gender in education, from elementary through high school, to which multiple experts have contributed. Primarily focused on U.S. educational systems, this thematically organized work starts with a general overview of gendered theories of education and moves through research, contexts and constructs, and an examination of policies….[T]his is recommended for academic libraries serving women’s studies programs or graduate programs in education.” –
Library Journal“In prior decades, this work might have focused on women, but today’s scholars and researchers look at the issues that surround males and females relative to educational experiences….[A] useful addition to the field.” –
Booklist“Approximately 100 essays commissioned for this reference are presented in thematic sections, each introduced with an overview essay. No single definition of gender was imposed; the contributors’ various interpretations of the term reflect the state of current research and show some areas where further study with gender as a focus might be useful. Indexing is thorough, by name and subject.” –
SciTech BooknewsAbout the Author
Barbara J. Bank is Professor Emerita of Sociology and Women’s Studies, University of Missouri-Columbia. She has been honored with a Fulbright Senior Scholar Award, visiting fellowships at the Australian National University, and three awards for outstanding teaching. Her scholarly presentations, books, journal articles, and book chapters are in the areas of social psychology, gender studies, and the sociology of youth and education. She is the co-editor of Gender, Equity, and Schooling: Policy and Practice (1997) and the author of Contradictions in Women’s Education: Traditionalism, Careerism, and Community at a Single-Sex College (2002).
