Gender, science, and mathematics : shortening the shadow / edited by Lesley H. Parker, Leonie J. Rennie, and Barry J. Fraser
- Bib ID:
- 1003691
- Format:
- Book
- Description:
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- Dordrecht ; Boston : Kluwer Academic Publishers, c1996
- xv, 230 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
- ISBN:
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- 079233535X (alkaline paper)
- 0792335821 (paperback)
- Series:
- Science & technology education library ; v. 2.
- Full contents:
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- Foreword / Dorothy Gabel
- Introduction and Overview / Lesley H. Parker, Leonie J. Rennie and Barry J. Fraser
- 1. Science in a Masculine Strait-Jacket / Jan Harding
- 2. Towards a Gender-Inclusive Science in Schools: Confronting Student Teachers' Perceptions and Attitudes / Sharon M. Haggerty
- 3. Examining and Extending Young Children's Views of Science and Scientists / Tina Jarvis
- 4. Gender Justice and the Mathematics Curriculum: Four Perspectives / Sue Willis
- 5. Revealing Assumptions: Problematising Research on Gender and Mathematics and Science Education / Jayne Johnston and Mairead Dunne
- 6. Under Cover of Night: (Re)Gendering Mathematics and Science Education / Terry Evans
- 7. Patterns of Science Achievement: International Comparisons / John P. Keeves and Dieter Kotte
- 8. Equity in the Mathematics Classroom: Beyond the Rhetoric / Gilah C. Leder
- 9. Assessment Practices and Gender in Science / Patricia F. Murphy.
- 10. Gender Equity and the Enacted Science Curriculum / Kenneth Tobin
- 11. Equitable Science Education: A Discrepancy Model / Jane Butler Kahle
- 12. The Role of Persuasive Communicators in Implementing Gender-Equity Initiatives / Thomas R. Koballa, Jr.
- 13. Sharing Science: Primary Science for Both Teachers and Pupils / Doris Jorde and Anne Lea
- 14. 'Do You Know Anyone Who Builds Skyscrapers?' SOS - Skills and Opportunities in Science for Girls / Bev Farmer
- 15. The Politics and Practice of Equity: Experiences from Both Sides of the Pacific / Nancy Kreinberg and Sue Lewis
- 16. Informing Teaching and Research in Science Education through Gender Equity Initiatives / Leonie J. Rennie, Lesley H. Parker and Jane Butler Kahle.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
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