Gender Justice, Education and Equality Creating Capabilities for Girls' and Women's Development /

• Main Author: Cin, Firdevs Melis (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.
• Series: Palgrave Studies in Gender and Education
• Subjects: Education.; Educational sociology.; Teaching.; Gender identity in education.; Sociology.; Education and sociology.; Sociology, Educational.; Social justice.; Human rights.; Sex (Psychology).; Gender expression.; Gender identity.; Gender and Education.; Gender Studies.; Teaching and Teacher Education.; Sociology of Education.; Social Justice, Equality and Human Rights.

This book reframes gender and education issues from a feminist and capabilities perspective through a multi-generational study of women as teachers. It explores how different understandings of gender, equality and education generate a variety of approaches with which to pursue gender equality in edu...

Table of Contents:

• PART I
• Chapter 1. Introduction: Conceptualising Gender Justice
• Chapter 2. Understanding(s) of Education, Gender Justice and Human Development
• PART II
• Chapter 3. Understanding Context: Political History, Gender Politics and Education Provision in Turkey
• Chapter 4. The Women and Their Micro-Contexts
• Chapter 5. Exploring Gender Inequalities in Personal Spaces and Private Sphere
• Chapter 6. Education and Changing Lives
• Chapter 7. Working for Social and Gender Justice
• PART III
• Chapter 8. Conclusion: A Capabilities-based Human Development Approach to Gender Justice and Education in Turkey.