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This collection of original papers shows how women in Britain are still being discriminated against during schooling, despite the existence of legislation prohibiting such discrimination and despite apparent concern with promoting equality between the sexes in education. Focusing on the current situation and experiences of women in education and their subsequent entry to, and experiences of, the labour market, the book shows how the category of gender is made relevant in the education of women: how it is influential in structuring their actions, beliefs, values and life chances, and how it provides them with a set of contradictions about their role in society.

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Author:   Rosemary Deem
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.570kg
ISBN:  

9780415683555

ISBN 10:   0415683556
Pages:   214
Publication Date:   08 December 2011
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

introduction Women, work and schooling, Rosemary Deem; Chapter 1 Socio-cultural reproduction and women’s education, Madeleine MacDonald; Chapter 2 The importance of being Ernest … Emma … Tom … Jane, Katherine Clarricoates; Chapter 3 Studying girls at school, Mandy Llewellyn; Chapter 4 Black girls in a London comprehensive school, Mary Fuller; Chapter 5 Education and the individual, Jennifer Shaw; Chapter 6 Sex differences in mathematical performance, Gaby Weiner; Chapter 7 ::, Jan Harding; Chapter 8 Into work, Teresa Keil, Peggy Newton; Chapter 9 Young women in the labour market, David Ashton, M. Maguire; Chapter 10 Women in higher education, Moira Griffiths; Chapter 11 How many women academics 1912 –76?, Margherita Rendel; Chapter 12 The experiences of women graduates in the labour market, Lynne Chisholm, Diana Woodward; Chapter 13 Women, school and work, Rosemary Deem;

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