The SAGE Handbook of Gender and Education

TLDR: In this article, the authors discuss the nature of gender in early years education and the role of gender roles in the early years of a child's education in primary and secondary school.

Abstract: SECTION ONE: GENDER THEORY AND METHODOLOGY Introduction The 'Nature of Gender' - Becky Francis Understanding Men: Gender Sociology and the New International Research on Masulinities - R.W. Connell Femininities: Reclassifying Upward Mobility and the Neo-liberal Subject - Valerie Walkerdine & Jessica Ringrose Gender, Education and Social Thought - Jo-Anne Dillabough Gender and Methodology - Catherine Marshall & Michelle Young Feminist Pedagogy - Gaby Weiner Gender, Education and Development - Elaine Unterhalter Gender and Movements in Social Policy - Meg Maguire SECTION TWO: GENDER AND THE EDUCATIONAL SECTORS Introduction Constructing Gender in Early Years Education - Glenda MacNaughton Boys and Girls in the Elementary School - Christine Skelton Masculinities and Femininities and Secondary Schooling - Kevin G. Davison & Blye W. Frank Gender Equity in Post Secondary Education - Carol Leathwood Gender and Higher Education - Sara Delamont Single Sex Education - Diane Leonard SECTION THREE: GENDER AND SCHOOL SUBJECTS Introduction Gender and Mathematics - Jo Boaler & Tesha Sengupta-Irving Engaging Girls in Science - Angela Calabrese Barton & Nancy Brickhouse Gender and Literacy - Bronwyn Davies and Sue Saltmarsh 'Sex' Education - Bagele Chilisa Gender Issues in Testing and Assessment - Janette Elwood Gender and Citizenship - Tuula Gordon Gender and Modern Language Education - Linda von Hoene Gender and Technology: What the Research Tells Us - Jo Sanders SECTION FOUR: GENDER, IDENTITY AND EDUCATIONAL SITES Introduction Room at the Table: Racial and Gendered Realities in the Schooling of Black Children - Janie Ward & Tracy Robinson Wood Gender and Class in Education - Diane Reay The 'Right' Way to Educate Boys - Wayne Martino Femininities and Schooling - Carrie Paechter Sexualities, Schooling and Hetero-Gender - D James Mellor & Debbie Epstein Achieving Equity: Disability and Gender - Harilyn Rousso & Michael L. Wehmeyer Gender Voices in the Classroom - Madeleine Arnot SECTION FIVE: WORKING IN SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES Introduction School Culture and Gender - Fengshu Lui Gendered Classroom Experiences - Emma Renold Women in Teaching - Jane Gaskell & Ann Mullen Constructing Teaching Identities - Lisa Smulyan Women Working in Academe: Approach with Care - Sandra Acker & Michelle Webber Gender and School Administration - Charol Shakeshaft