Gender and Educational Achievement

ISBN-13: 9781138392007 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 148 str.

Andreas Hadjar; Sabine Krolak-Schwerdt; Karin Priem

Opis

Gender inequalities in education have tremendously changed over the course of the 20^th century, particularly in upper secondary education. Historically, female participation in upper secondary general education, and women’s chances to successfully finish this educational pathway, have been lower than men’s. However, towards the end of the 20^th century, women were outperforming men in many European countries and beyond. This book uses examples from across Europe to shed light on the mechanisms behind gender inequalities and the changes made to reduce this inequality. This book was originally published as a special issue of Educational Research.

Spis treści

Gender Differences in Educational Attainment – An Introduction  1. Females in science: a contradictory concept?  2. The construction of ‘female citizens’: a socio-historical analysis of girls’ education in Luxembourg  3. How gender became sex: mapping the gendered effects of sex-group categorisation onto pedagogy, policy and practice  4. Troubling discourses on gender and education  5. Reversal of gender differences in educational attainment: an historical analysis of the West German case  6. The gendered interplay between success and well-being during transitions  7. How gender differences in academic engagement relate to students’ gender identity  8. Gender differences in school success: what are the roles of students’ intelligence, personality and motivation?  9. Teacher evaluation of student ability: what roles do teacher gender, student gender, and their interaction play?