Whatever happened to equal opportunities in schools? : gender equality initiatives in education

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Whatever happened to equal opportunities in schools? : gender equality initiatives in education

edited by Kate Myers

Open University Press, 2000

  • : hbk
  • : pbk

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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: pbk ISBN 9780335203031

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Whatever Happened to Equal Opportunities in Schools? is an edited book which makes an important contribution to the current debate about equal opportunities. Today the dominant concern is about boys' achievement but it was not alway thus! Contributors trace events relating to schools since the introduction of the Sex Discrimination Act and the establishment of the Equal Opportunities Commission in the mid seventies. Prior to the advent of the National Curriculum it was common practice for boys and girls to take different subjects and be offered very different opportunities and experience through the overt and covert school curriculum. Initiatives emerging from central government, quangos, trade unions, local education authorities, and individual schools are described. The book discusses how much has really changed, the extent to which credit should be given to earlier initiatives concerned with the raising of girls aspirations and achievement, what can we learn from these initiatives and what we should really be concerned about now. The book also addresses the question of boys achievement both past and present and will be important reading for all educators with an interest in promoting gender equality in schools.

Table of Contents

Preface How did we get here? Prudence and progress national policy for equal opportunities (gender) in schools since 1975 Challenging inequalities in the classroom the role and contribution of the Equal Opportunities Commission Equal to the task? the role of the NUT in promoting equal opportunities in schools An episode in the thirty years war race, sex and class in the ILEA 1981-1990 Now you see it now you don't gender equality work in Brent, 1982-1988 Did it make a difference? the Ealing experience 1987-1989 Was there really a problem? the Schools Council Sex Differentiation Project 1981-1983 Has the mountain moved? the girls into science and technology project 1979-1983 Working with boys Hackney Downs school 1980-1985 Teachers, femocrats and academics activism in London in the 1980s A black perspective When Ms Muffet fought back a view of work on children's books since the 1970s Lessons learned? Index.
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: hbk ISBN 9780335203048

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There is considerable interest in the issue of equal opportunities, most of it directed at the underachievement of boys. In this book, Kate Myers and her team of contributors describe their involvement in national, local and school level equal opportunities projects that followed the Sex Discrimination Act and the establishment of the Equal Opportunities Commission in the mid-1970s. The main concern at that time was the under representation of girls in specific areas of the curriculum and work place. There was no national curriculum and it was common practice for girls and boys to take different subjects and be offered very different opportunities and experiences through the overt and covert school curriculum. In describing the various initiatives, the contributors to the book reflect upon their impact and discuss what can be learned from them in the context of concern over boys' underachievement.

Table of Contents

  • Introduction: national policy for equal opportunities (gender) in schools since 1975
  • the role of the equal opportunities commission. Part 1 Local education authorities: ILEA 1981-1985
  • now you see it now you don't - gender equality work in Brent 1982-1988
  • did it make a difference? - the Ealing experience 1987-1989. Part 2 Projects: was there really a problem? - Schools Council Sex Differentiation Project 1981-1983
  • has the mountain moved? - the Girls Into Science and Technology project 1979-1983
  • girls into technology. Part 3 Students: black girls
  • boys at Hackney Downs School 1981-1984. Part 4 Teachers and academics: teachers, femocrats and academics
  • when Ms Muffett fought back - a view of work on children's books since 1970s. Conclusion: lessons learned.

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