Full Description
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.
Contents
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
