Full Description
Asks what makes schooling unfriendly to girls and examines the success or otherwise of interventions intended to bring about change.
Contents
Part One What makes schooling unfriendly to girls? 1 Sex bias in schools: national perspectives 2 The attitudes of teachers 3 Teachers' attitudes towards girls and technology 4 The new vocationalism in secondary schools: its influence on girls Part Two Interventions to make schooling more girl friendly 5 Girl friendly science and the girl friendly school 6 Personal and professional: a feminist approach 7 INSET for equal opportunities in the London Borough of Brent 8 Teacher attitudes towards issues of sex equality 9 'Humberside goes neuter': an example of LEA intervention for equal opportunities 10 Development of LEA policy: Manchester Part Three Reflections on intervention: where do we go from here? 11 Legislation and mediation: to what extent has the Sex Discrimination Act changed girls' schooling? 12 A question of judgment 13 Unfriendly myths about women teachers 14 Is 'girl friendly schooling' really what girls need?