{"product_id":"sage-handbook-of-gender-and-education","title":"SAGE Handbook of Gender and Education","description":"The \u003cb\u003eHandbook of Gender and Education\u003c\/b\u003e brings together leading scholars on gender and education to provide an up-to-date and broad-ranging guide to the field.\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is a comprehensive overview of different theoretical positions on equity issues in schools. The contributions cover all sectors of education from early years to higher education; curriculum subjects; methodological and theoretical perspectives; and gender identities in education. Each chapter reviews, synthesises and provides a critical interrogation of key contemporary themes in education. This approach ensures that the book will be an indispensable source of reference for a wide range of readers: students, academics and practitioners. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe first section of the Handbook, \u003cb\u003eGender Theory and Methodology\u003c\/b\u003e, outlines the various (feminist) perspectives on researching and exploring gender and education. The section critiques the notion of gender as a category in educational research and considers recent trends, evident especially in the gender and underachievement debates, to locate gender difference solely within biology. This section provides the broad background upon which the issues and debates in the other sections can be situated.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSection two, \u003cb\u003eGender and Education\u003c\/b\u003e, considers the differing ways in which gender has been shown to impact upon the opportunities and experiences of pupils\/students, teachers and other adults in the different sectors of education. It also includes a chapter on single-sex schooling.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSection three,\u003cb\u003e Gender and School Subjects\u003c\/b\u003e, comprises chapters that cover gender issues within the teaching and learning of particular school subjects (for example, maths, literacy, and science). It also includes topics such as sex education and assessment. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe chapters in section four, Gender, identity and educational sites, address up-to-date issues which have a long history in terms of explorations into gender and educational opportunities. More recent inclusions in the debates, such as disability, sexuality, and masculinities are discussed alongside the more traditional concerns of ′race′, social class and femininities.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe final section, \u003cb\u003eWorking in Schools and Colleges\u003c\/b\u003e, illuminates the working lives of teachers and academics.  The chapters cover such topics as school culture, career progression and development, and the gendered identities of professionals within educational institutions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe contributors to this book have been selected by the editors as authorities in their specific area of gender and education and are drawn from the international scholarly community.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"SAGE Publications Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54258981929304,"sku":"9781412907927","price":212.04,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781412907927_a3e185d9-f739-497d-8e94-d217437eb970.jpg?v=1777774543","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/sage-handbook-of-gender-and-education","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}