Education and gender
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Education and gender
（Education as a humanitarian response）
Bloomsbury, 2014
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What is the relationship between gender andthe humanitarian function of education? How does this relationship change indifferent countries of the world?
Educationand Gender draws on international research fromnumerous countries including the USA, UK, India, Mexico, Sub-Saharan Africa andthe Caribbean, to provide a comprehensive global overview of the relationshipbetween gender and education. The contributors consider a range of issues, fromthe gender gap in educational attainment and pedagogical strategies and teachertraining to stereotyping in curriculum and gender issues in education policy,all the time rooting constructions of gender and sexuality in specificgeographical contexts. Drawing on best practices word-wide, the contributorsidentify the current gaps and propose solutions to promote gender-just,equitable and pluralistic societies. Case studies provide real examples andeach chapter contains a summary of the key points within the chapter to enableeasy navigation, key questions to encourage you to actively engage with thematerial and a list of further reading to support you in taking yourexploration further.
Table of Contents
Series Editor's Preface Colin Brock (Universityof Oxford, UK)
Introduction Debotri Dhar (Rutgers University, USA)
1. The Gender Agenda in the United Kingdom, 1992 - 2012 Mike Younger (University of Cambridge, UK) and Molly Warrington (University of Cambridge, UK)
2. Promoting Girls' Education in Rural Kenya Katie Orlemanski (Rutgers University, USA) and Dorothy Hodgson (Rutgers University, USA)
3. Curricular and Para-curricular Gender Stereotyping in Secondary School Education in India Ratna Dhar (The Banyan Tree School, Chandigarh, India) and Debotri Dhar (Rutgers University, USA)
4. Unlearning Gender and Sexuality: The Pedagogical Work of Two Organizations in Mexico City Anahi Russo Garrido (Carleton College, USA)
5. Gender and Graduate Education in the United States Ann Mari May (University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA) and Yana Rodgers (Rutgers University, USA)
6. Gender and Education in the Caribbean Patricia George (Ministry of Education, West Indies) and Mike Younger (University of Cambridge, UK)
7. Teaching For the Future: Feminist Pedagogy and Humanitarian Education in the University Debotri Dhar (Rutgers University, USA)
Index
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Education and Gender draws on international research from the USA, the UK, India, Mexico, Sub-Saharan Africa and the Caribbean, to provide a comprehensive global overview of the relationship between gender and education. Rooting constructions of gender and sexuality in specific geographical contexts, the contributors consider a range of issues. Themes discussed include the gender gap in educational attainment; pedagogical strategies; stereotyping in curricula; and education policy. Drawing on best practices worldwide, the contributors identify the current gaps and propose solutions to promote gender-just, equitable and pluralistic societies. Each chapter includes key questions to encourage active engagement with the subject and a list of further reading to support taking the exploration further.
Table of Contents
Notes on Contributors
Series Editor's Preface, Colin Brock (University of Oxford, UK)
Education and Gender: An Introduction, Debotri Dhar (Rutgers University, USA)
1. Promoting Girls' Education in Kenya: Insights from an NGO Initiative, Katie Orlemanski (Rutgers University, USA) and Dorothy Hodgson (Rutgers University, USA)
2. Gender, Schooling and Achievement in the Caribbean, Mike Younger (University of Cambridge, UK) and Patricia George (Ministry of Education, West Indies)
3. Gender and Graduate Education in the United States: Women's Advancement in STEM Fields, Ann Mari May (University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA) and Yana Rodgers (Rutgers University, USA)
4. Nineteenth Century Social Reform, Gender Politics, and the Contemporary Indian Education System, Rumina Sethi (Panjab University, India)
5. The Gender and Education Agenda in the United Kingdom, 1988 - 2013: The Ever-Turning Wheel, Mike Younger (University of Cambridge, UK)
6. Unlearning Gender and Sexuality: The Pedagogical Work of LGBT Organisations in Mexico City, Anahi Russo Garrido (Brandeis University, USA)
7. Teaching for the Future: Feminist Pedagogy and Humanitarian Education, Debotri Dhar (Rutgers University, USA)
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