| Description |
xii, 207 pages ; 24 cm |
| Series |
SUNY series, teacher preparation and development |
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SUNY series in teacher preparation and development.
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| Contents |
Chapter 1: Introducing gender equity -- Genesis of gender bias -- Gender equity: equal or equitable? -- The teachers -- Summary -- Chapter 2: Socialization -- Social structure and gender -- School structure and gender -- Implications of gender roles today -- Summary -- Chapter 3: Curriculum -- Subjects -- Instructional materials -- How teachers select their materials -- Summary -- Chapter 4: Teaching methods -- Language -- Cooperative activities -- Organization -- The teachers' methods: language and organization -- Summary -- Chapter 5: Teacher interactions -- Quantity of interactions -- Quality of interactions -- The teachers' interactions -- Summary -- Chapter 6: Toward gender equity in your classroom -- Equal or equitable? -- Challenges for integrating gender equity -- Getting started |
| Summary |
Drawing on conversations with and observations of eight pre-school through high-school teachers, presents aspects and issues of gender equity in teaching rather than in learning, emphasizing the contrast between the teachers' beliefs and their practice. Explores how the educational institutions contribute to gender socialization and how teachers ca |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [195]-204) and index |
| Subject |
Educational equalization -- United States.
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Sexism in education -- United States.
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Teaching.
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| LC no. |
93020334 |
| ISBN |
0791418030 |
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0791418049 (paperback) |
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