The Role of Gender in Educational Contexts and Outcomes: Volume 47

ISBN-13: 9780124115828 / Angielski / Twarda / 2014 / 422 str.

Lynn Liben

Opis

Volume 47 of Advances in Child Development and Behavior includes chapters that highlight some the most recent research in the area of gender in educational, contexts and outcomes. A wide array of topics are discussed in detail, including sexism, race and gender issues, sexual orientation, single-sex education, and physical education. Each chapter provides in-depth discussions, and this volume serves as an invaluable resource for developmental or educational psychology researchers, scholars, and students.

• Chapters that highlight some of the most recent research in the area.
• A wide array of topics are discussed in detail

Spis treści

1. Motivation in Educational Contexts: Does Gender Matter?2. Gender-related Academic and Occupational Interests and Goals3. Developmental Interventions to Address the STEM Gender Gap: Exploring Intended and Unintended Consequences4. Physical Education, Sports, and Gender in Schools5. Gendered-Peer Relationships in Educational Contexts6. Sexism in Schools 7. Analysis and Evaluation of the Rationales for Single-Sex Schooling8. Factors Affecting Academic Achievement among Sexual Minority and Gender-Variant Youth9. Framing Black Boys: Parent, Teacher, and Student Narratives of the Academic Lives of Black Boys10. Creating Developmentally Auspicious School Environments for African American Boys

O autorze

Departments of Psychology, Human Development & Family Studies, and Education, The Pennsylvania State University, USA