| Description |
xiii, 261 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
Pt. I. Setting the scene: the physical and theoretical context of the study. 1. Researching Gender and Curriculum Choice: Theory Methods and Research Role. 2. The Physical Location of the Study -- Pt. II. School organisation and the construction of the gendered curriculum. 3. The Management and Meaning of Option Choice. 4. Teachers' Constructions of Masculinity and Femininity -- Pt. III. Girls, their families and the construction of femininity. 5. Pupils' Understandings of School Subjects: The Recontextualisation of Gender. 6. Pupils' Expectations of the Future: Radical and Conservative Visions. 7. Competing Gender Codes in the Classroom. 8. Parents and the Culture of Femininity -- Pt. IV. The impact of the national curriculum on the construction of gender divisions. 9. The National Curriculum: Solution Or Blind Alley? 10. Gender and the Curriculum: Progressive and Conservative Elements in the Balance -- Appendix 1 The conduct of the research |
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Appendix 2 Option choice schemes at the two schools |
| Analysis |
England |
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Girls Education Equal opportunities |
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Wales |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 248-255) and index |
| Subject |
Education, Secondary -- Curricula -- Great Britain -- Case studies.
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Sexism in education -- Great Britain -- Case studies.
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Women -- Education (Secondary) -- Great Britain -- Case studies.
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| LC no. |
91037174 |
| ISBN |
0415048133 |
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