Gender Differences in Aspirations and Attainment

Herausgeber: Schoon, Ingrid; Eccles, Jacquelynne S.

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This innovative and timely book moves the discussion of gender inequalities forward, providing a dynamic and contextualized account of the way gendered lives evolve. A unique feature is the longitudinal perspective, examining the role of multiple interlinked influences on individual life planning and attainment.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 538
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. September 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 170mm x 29mm
• Gewicht: 917g
• ISBN-13: 9781107645196
• ISBN-10: 1107645190
• Artikelnr.: 41452633

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. Introduction: Conceptualising gender differences in aspirations and
attainment: a life course perspective Ingrid Schoon and Jacquelynne S.
Eccles; Part II. The Early School Years: 1. Peer influences on gender
differences in educational aspiration and attainment Richard A. Fabes,
Sarah Hayford, Erin Pahlke, Carlos Santos, Kristina Zosuls, Carol Lynn
Martin and Laura D. Hanish; 2. Beginning school transition and academic
achievement in mid-elementary school: does gender matter? Marlis Buchmann
and Irene Kriesi; 3. Gender differences in teachers' perceptions and
children's ability self-concepts Katja Upadyaya and Jacquelynne Eccles; 4.
Emerging gender differences in times of multiple transitions Jennifer
Symonds, Maurice Galton and Linda Hargreaves; Part III. Career Planning
during Adolescence: 5. What shall I do with my life? Motivational,
personal, and contextual factors in mastering the transition to high school
David Weiss, Bettina Wiese and Alexandra Freund; 6. Gendered happiness gap?
Adolescents' academic wellbeing pathways Katariina Salmela-Aro; 7.
Uncertainty in educational and career aspirations: gender differences in
young people Leslie Morrison Gutman, Ricardo Sabates and Ingrid Schoon; 8.
The challenges facing young people in apprenticeships Allison Fuller and
Lorna Unwin; Part IV. Choosing a Science Career; 9. Do teenagers want to
become scientists? A comparison of gender differences in attitudes,
expectations and academic skill across twenty-nine countries John Jerrim
and Ingrid Schoon; 10. Predicting career aspirations and university majors
from academic ability and self-concept: a longitudinal application of the
Internal-External frame of reference model Philip Parker, Gabriel Nagy,
Ulrich Trautwein and Oliver Lüdtke; 11. Does priority matter? Gendered
patterns of task-values across subject domains Angela Chow and Katariina
Salmela-Aro; 12. Gender differences in personal aptitudes and motivational
beliefs for achievement in and commitment to math and science fields
Ming-Te Wang and Sarah Kenny; 13. What happens to high-achieving females
after high school? Gender and persistence on the postsecondary STEM
pipeline Lara Perez-Felkner, Sarah-Kathryn McDonald and Barbara Schneider;
14. Young people, gender, and science: does an early interest lead to a job
in SET? A longitudinal view from the BHPS youth data Anna Bagnoli, Dieter
Demey and Jackie Scott; 15. Motivational affordances in school versus work
contexts advantage different individuals: a possible explanation for
domain-differential gender gaps Jutta Heckhausen; Part V. Longer Term
Consequences of Early Experiences: 16. The life course consequences of
single-sex and co-educational schooling Alice Sullivan and Heather Joshi;
17. Pathways to educational attainment in middle adulthood: the role of
gender and parental educational expectations Miia Bask, Laura
Ferrer-Wreder, Katariina Salmela-Aro and Lars Bergman; 18. How gender
influences objective career success and subjective career satisfaction: the
impact of self concept and of parenthood Andrea Abele; Part VI. The Role of
Context: 19. Gender differences in attainment across generations from a
historical perspective Anne McMunn, Elizabeth Webb, Mel Bartley, David
Blane and Gopal Netuveli; 20. Gender inequality by choice? The effects of
aspirations on gender inequality in wages Silke Aisenbrey and Hannah
Brückner; 21. Comparing young peoples' beliefs and perception of gender
equality across twenty-eight different countries Bryony Hoskins and Jan
Germen Janmaat.