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Scholarship March 29, 2017

The Gender Question in Education: Theory, Pedagogy and Politics

The Wabash Center

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Author
Diller, Ann and Ayim Morgan
Publisher
Westview Press, Boulder, CO
ISBN
813325625
Table of Contents
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Introduction
ch. 1 A Conceptual Analysis of Sexism and Sexist Education
ch. 2 Genderized Education: Tradition Reconsidered
ch. 3 Freeing the Children: The Abolition of Gender
ch. 4 Gender Freedom and the Subtleties of Sexist Education
ch. 5 The Androgynous Classroom: Liberation or Tyranny?
ch. 6 Theorizing Gender: How Much of It Do We Need?
ch. 7 The Ethics of Care and Education: A New Paradigm, Its Critics, and Its Educational Significance
ch. 8 Describing the Emperor's New Clothes: Three Myths of Educational (In-)Equity
ch. 9 The Perils and Paradoxes of the Bearded Mothers
ch. 10 Is Rapprochement Possible Between Educational Criticism and Nurturance?
ch. 11 Role Models: Help or Hindrance in the Pursuit of Autonomy?
ch. 12 An Ethics of Care Takes On Pluralism
ch. 13 The Moral Politics of Sex Education
ch. 14 Women's Physical Education: A Gender-Sensitive Perspective
ch. 15 Political Correctness: The Debate Continues
References
About the Book and Authors
Index
Four leading philosophers of education offer a sophisticated but accessible introduction to the central debates about the role of gender in educational practice, policymaking, and theory. (From the Publisher)