Gender Education and Equality in a Global Context : Conceptual Frameworks and Policy Perspectives

ISBN-13: 9780415419444 / Angielski / Twarda / 2007 / 216 str.

Shailaja Fennell; Madeleine Arnot

Opis

Focuses on gender equality by exploring the interrelations between gender, education and poverty. This book explores the role of the State across the public-private divide with regard to educational policies and outcomes and the impact of economic and soci

Spis treści

1. (Re)visiting education and development agendas: contemporary gender research  Part 1: (Re)Conceptualising Gender Equality  2. Global values and gender equality: needs, rights and capabilities   3. Contested gender frameworks: economic models and provider perspectives on education  4. Global gender goals and the construction of equality: conceptual dilemmas and policy practice  5. Social capital, civil society and education for all: a gendered lens   Part 2: Researching Agency, Engagements and Empowerment  6. Researching Transitions: gender education, marketisation and Islam in Tajikistan   7. Researching Gender: explorations into sexuality and HIV/AIDS education in Africa   8. Schooling girls: an intergenerational study of women’s burdens in rural Bangladesh   9. Acts of citizenship: women’s civic engagements as community based educators in Mumbai   10. Gendered experiences of teaching in poor rural areas of Ghana   Part 3: (Re)Defining Global Equality Agendas  11. Globalising the school curriculum: gender, EFA and global citizenship education   12. Nationhood and the education of the female citizen in India   13. Poverty reduction and gender parity in education: an alternative approach   14. Adult learning and the politics of change: feminist organizations and educational action in Latin America

O autorze

Shailaja Fennell is a Lecturer in Development Studies and Madeleine Arnot is Professor of Sociology of Education at the University of Cambridge, UK.