Gender Matters in Schools

by Anthony Glendinning and John Darling

Equal opportunities for girls is the subject of this far-reaching and topical study. The author analyses educational provision in the decades following the passing of the Sex Discrimination Act, and asks whether the school curriculum is male-orientated. Are women still presented as the second sex? Are they, as has been suggested, almost invisible? Is the language of the classroom sexist? Despite many apparent handicaps, however, girls actually achieve...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0304328057
• ISBN13: 9780304328055
• Release Date: April 1998
• Publisher: Continuum
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.38 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.3" x 8.5"