Answering Back

Answering Back exposes the volatility of gender reform in many different schools and classrooms. It tells stories in close up and from below, allowing everyone to talk: anxious boys, naughty girls, cantankerous teachers, pontificating principals and feisty feminists. This book challenges many sacred ideas about gender reform in schools and will surprise and unsettle teachers and researchers. It draws on a deep knowledge of gender issues in schools and of feminist theories, policies and practices. It is compelling and provocative reading at the leading edge.

First sentence: At first glance, schools appear ordered, controlled and predictable-and, indeed, in many ways they are.

Year

1998

Language

English

Publisher

Routledge

Editions

8

Pages

256

ISBN

9780415181907

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