Shailaja Fennell, Madeleine Arnot

Gender Education and Equality in a Global Context

Conceptual Frameworks and Policy Perspectives

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Focuses on gender equality by exploring the interrelations between gender, education and poverty. This book explores the role of the State across the public-private divide with regard to educational policies and outcomes and the impact of economic and social changes on gender identities and associated livelihood opportunities.

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An invaluable introduction to the range of conceptual frameworks and innovative research methods that address issues of gender education and development.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 244
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. September 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 534g
• ISBN-13: 9780415419444
• ISBN-10: 0415419441
• Artikelnr.: 31081614

Autorenporträt

Shailaja Fennell is a Lecturer in Development Studies and Madeleine Arnot is Professor of Sociology of Education at the University of Cambridge, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

1. (Re)visiting education and development agendas: contemporary gender
research Part 1: (Re)Conceptualising Gender Equality 2. Global values and
gender equality: needs, rights and capabilities 3. Contested gender
frameworks: economic models and provider perspectives on education 4.
Global gender goals and the construction of equality: conceptual dilemmas
and policy practice 5. Social capital, civil society and education for all:
a gendered lens Part 2: Researching Agency, Engagements and Empowerment 6.
Researching Transitions: gender education, marketisation and Islam in
Tajikistan 7. Researching Gender: explorations into sexuality and HIV/AIDS
education in Africa 8. Schooling girls: an intergenerational study of
women's burdens in rural Bangladesh 9. Acts of citizenship: women's civic
engagements as community based educators in Mumbai 10. Gendered experiences
of teaching in poor rural areas of Ghana Part 3: (Re)Defining Global
Equality Agendas 11. Globalising the school curriculum: gender, EFA and
global citizenship education 12. Nationhood and the education of the female
citizen in India 13. Poverty reduction and gender parity in education: an
alternative approach 14. Adult learning and the politics of change:
feminist organizations and educational action in Latin America