| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 198 pages) |
| Series |
Handbooks for educators and parents |
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Handbooks for educators and parents.
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| Contents |
Why a handbook on gender and literacy? -- Taking a critical approach to interpreting the research on gender and literacy -- International and national literacy assessments -- Researching gendered discourse practices -- Researching gender and reading -- Reading gender in children's and adolescent literatures -- Policy, practice and research: how schools and communities take action -- Taking action in the classroom -- Gender literacy: some parting thoughts |
| Summary |
"To the degree that gender is socially constructed and performative, language remains a primary means through which individuals conceive of themselves as gendered beings, and through which each person structures and performs gendered relations with others. ... Gender and Literacy: A Handbook for Educators and Parents focuses on issues related to the gendered experience of students from pre-kindergarten through grade 12, promoting an understanding that the issues surrounding gender cannot be reduced to broad generalizations. ... The bulk of the book provides readers with a critical review of the studies conducted to investigate gendered literacy practices, while the last three chapters focus on actionable strategies and policy making"--Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Sex discrimination in education.
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Literacy.
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Education.
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Literacy.
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Literacy
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Sex discrimination in education
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2012040631 |
| ISBN |
9780313063428 |
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0313063427 |
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9781299223820 |
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1299223826 |
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9798216088899 |
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