A Girl's Education Schooling and the Formation of Gender, Identities and Future Visions /

• Main Authors: Gill, Judith (Author), Esson, Katharine (Author), Yuen, Rosalina (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.
• Series: Palgrave Studies in Gender and Education
• Subjects: Education.; Educational sociology.; Gender identity in education.; Sociology.; Education and sociology.; Sociology, Educational.; Sex (Psychology).; Gender expression.; Gender identity.; Self.; Identity (Psychology).; Gender and Education.; Gender Studies.; Sociology of Education.; Self and Identity.

Palgrave Studies in Gender and Education Series editor: Yvette Taylor, Professor of Education, University of Strathclyde, UK This book argues that educators and the general public have become complacent about girls’ education as a consequence of the more recent fuss about problems for boys. After an...

Table of Contents:

• Foreword: Reclaiming the Space for Girls
• Chapter 1. Who Are Girls and Is There a Problem?
• Chapter 2. How We Know What We Know: Knowledge and Evidence
• Chapter 3. See How Far We've Come! Girls' Education in Recent History. And Where Does This Leave Girls Now?
• Chapter 4. The Balance Act
• Chapter 5. Girls at School: The Formation of Learning Identities
• Chapter 6. Post School Pathways and Girls' Imagined Futures
• Chapter 7. Girls at School: A More Complex Picture. .