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Answering Back: Girls, Boys and Feminism in Schools
Contributor(s): Blackmore, Jill (Author), Kenway, Jane (Author), Rennie, Leonie (Author)
ISBN: 0415181917     ISBN-13: 9780415181914
Publisher: Routledge
OUR PRICE:   $59.80  
Product Type: Paperback
Published: January 1998
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Whenever schools adopt programs that reflect political climate changes in the outside world, the temperature of discussion among politicians, students, teachers and parents rises to a fever pitch. What happens when programs designed to promote equitability across gender difference are applied to individual schools, with their unique demographics and local cultures?
In this groundbreaking collection, which draws its insights from the classroom as well as the faculty room and the dining room table, contributors expose the volatility of gender reform programs currently in practice. Everybody speaks here, from old-guard teachers and principals to radical educators, class clowns to teachers' pets. Drawing on a deep knowledge of gender issues in schools and of feminist theories, policies and practices, this compelling and provocative collection will surprise, unsettle and inspire parents, teachers and researchers.
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BISAC Categories:
- Education | Educational Policy & Reform
- Social Science | Gender Studies
Dewey: 370.82
LCCN: 97030848
Lexile Measure: 1290
Physical Information: 0.65" H x 5.36" W x 8.68" (0.79 lbs) 250 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - Australian
 
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Answering Back exposes the volatility of gender reform in many different schools and classrooms. It tells stories in close up and from below, allowing everyone to talk: anxious boys, naughty girls, cantankerous teachers, pontificating principals and feisty feminists.

This book challenges many sacred ideas about gender reform in schools and will surprise and unsettle teachers and researchers. It draws on a deep knowledge of gender issues in schools and of feminist theories, policies and practices. It is compelling and provocative reading at the leading edge.