Handbook for Achieving Gender Equity Through Education / Edition 2

by Susan S. Klein, Barbara Richardson, Dolores A. Grayson, Lynn H. Fox, Cheris Kramarae

Overview

First published in 1985, the Handbook for Achieving Gender Equity Through Education quickly established itself as the essential reference work concerning gender equity in education. This new, expanded edition provides a 20-year retrospective of the field, one that has the great advantage of documenting U.S. national data on the gains and losses in the efforts to advance gender equality through policies such as Title IX, the landmark federal law prohibiting sex discrimination in education, equity programs and research. Key features include:

Expertise – Like its predecessor, over 200 expert authors and reviewers provide accurate, consensus, research-based information on the nature of gender equity challenges and what is needed to meet them at all levels of education.

Content Area Focus – The analysis of gender equity within specific curriculum areas has been expanded from 6 to 10 chapters including mathematics, science, and engineering.

Global/Diversity Focus – Global gender equity is addressed in a separate chapter as well as in numerous other chapters. The expanded section on gender equity strategies for diverse populations contains seven chapters on African Americans, Latina/os, Asian and Pacific Island Americans, American Indians, gifted students, students with disabilities, and lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender students.

Action Oriented – All chapters contain practical recommendations for making education activities and outcomes more gender equitable. A final chapter consolidates individual chapter recommendations for educators, policymakers, and researchers to achieve gender equity in and through education.

New Material – Expanded from 25 to 31 chapters, this new edition includes:

*more emphasis on male gender equity and on sexuality issues;
*special within population gender equity challenges (race, ability and disability, etc);
*coeducation and single sex education;
*increased use of rigorous research strategies such as meta-analysis showing more sex similarities and fewer sex differences and of evaluations of implementation programs;
*technology and gender equity is now treated in three chapters;
*women’s and gender studies;
*communication skills relating to English, bilingual, and foreign language learning; and
*history and implementation of Title IX and other federal and state policies.

Since there is so much misleading information about gender equity and education, this Handbook will be essential for anyone who wants accurate, research-based information on controversial gender equity issues—journalists, policy makers, teachers, Title IX coordinators, equity trainers, women’s and gender study faculty, students, and parents.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780805854534
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	05/22/2007
Edition description:	REV
Pages:	762
Product dimensions:	8.25(w) x 11.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Barbara Richardson, Susan S. Klein, Dolores A. Grayson, Lyn n H. Fox, Cheris Kramarae, Diane S. Pollard, Carol Anne Dwyer

Table of Contents

Foreword, Eleanor Smeal
Preface, Susan S. Klein and Eleanor Smeal
Acknowledgments, Susan S. Klein, General Editor

1. Examining the Achievement of Gender Equity in and through Education, Susan S. Klein et al.

Part One: Facts and Assumptions about the Nature and Value of Gender Equity
Overview, Barbara Richardson, Part One Editor

2. Facts and Assumptions about the Nature of Gender Differences and the Implications for Gender Equity, Janet Hyde and Sara M. Lindberg
3. Gender Equity Education Globally, Nelly Stromquist
4. Impact of Education on Gender Equity in Employment and Its Outcomes, Barbara Richardson and Pamela Sandoval

Part Two: Administrative Strategies for Implementing Gender Equity
Overview, Dolores A. Grayson, Part Two Editor

5. The Role of Government in Advancing Gender Equity in Education, Margaret A. Nash, Susan S. Klein and Barbara Bitters, Sharon Hobbs, William A. Howe, Linda Shevitz, Linda Wharton, et al.
6. Increasing Gender Equity in Educational Leadership, Carol Shakeshaft, Genevieve Brown, Beverly Irby, Margaret Grogan, and Julia Ballenger
7. The Treatment of Gender Equity in Teacher Education, David Sadker and Karen Zittleman, Penelope Earley, Theresa McCormick, Candace Strawn, and JoAnne Preston

Part Three: General Educational Practices for Promoting Gender Equity
Overview, Lynn H. Fox, Part Three Editor

8. Gender Equity in Testing and Assessment, Dianne Reed and Lynn H. Fox, Mary Lou Andrews, Nancy Betz, Jan Perry Evenstad, Anthony Harris, Carol Hightower-Parker, Judy Johnson, Shirley Johnson, Barbara Polnick, and Phyllis Rosser
9. Gender Equity in Coeducational and Single Sex Educational Environments, Emily Arms
10. Gender Equity in the Use of Educational Technology, Gypsy Abbott and Lisa Bievenue, Suzanne Damarin and Cheris Kramarae, et al.
11. Sexual Harassment: The Hidden Gender Equity Problem, Michele A. Paludi, Jennifer Martin and Carmen A. Paludi

Part Four: Gender Equity Strategies in the Content Areas
Overview, Cheris Kramarae, Part Four Editor

12. Gender Equity in Mathematics, Carole Lacampagne, Patricia B. Campbell, Suzanne Damarin, Abbe Herzig, and Christina Vogt
13. Gender Equity in Science, Engineering, and Technology, Carol Burger, Gypsy Abbot, Sheila Tobias, Janice Koch, Christine Vogt, Teri Sosa, et al.
14. Gender Equity in Communication Skills, Anita Taylor, Alison Bailey, Pamela Cooper, Carol Anne Dwyer, Cheris Kramarae, and Barbara Lieb
15. Gender Equity in Foreign and Second Language Learning, Cindy Brantmeier, Jeanne Schueller and Judith Wilde, and Celeste Kinginger
16. Gender Equity in Social Studies, Carole Habn, Jane Bernard-Powers, Margaret Smith Crocco, and Christine Woyshner
17. Gender Equity in Visual Arts and Dance Education, Elizabeth Garber, Renee Sandell, Mary Ann Stankiewicz, and Doug Risner, et al.
18. Gender Equity in Physical Education and Athletics, Ellen Staurowsky, Nancy Hogshead-Makar, Mary Jo Kane, Emily Wughalter, Athena Yiamouyiannis, and Phyllis K. Lerner
19. Gender Equity in Formal Sexuality Education, John DeLamater
20 Gender Equity in Career and Technical Education, Mary E. Lufkin, Mary Wiberg, Courtney Reed Jenkins, Stephanie Lee Berardi, Terri Boyer, Ellen Eardley, and Jan Huss
21. The Role of Women’s and Gender Studies in Advancing Gender Equity, Betsy Eudey et al.

Part Five: Gender Equity Strategies for Diverse Populations
Overview, Diane S. Pollard, Part Five Editor

22. Gender Equity for African Americans, Olga M. Welch, Faye E. Patterson, Kimberly A. Scott, and Diane S. Pollard
23. Gender Equity for Latina/os, Angela B. Ginorio, Yvette Lapayse, and Melba Vasquez
24. Gender Equity for Asian and Pacific Island Americans, Mary Spencer, Yukiko Inoue, and Grace Park McField
25. Gender Equity for American Indians, Anne Calhoun, Mishuana Goeman, and Monica Tsethlikai
26. Gender Equity and Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Issues in Education, Joe Kosciw, Eliza Byard, Sean N. Fischer, and Courtney Joslin
27. Gender Equity for Gifted Students, Lynn H. Fox and Janet Soller
28. Gender Equity for People with Disabilities, Donna Mertens, Amy Wilson, and Judith Mounty

Part Six: Gender Equity From Early Through Postsecondary Education
Overview, Carol Anne Dwyer, Part Six Editor

29. Gender Equity in Early Learning Environments, Barbara Polnick, Carol Anne Dwyer, Carole Funk Haynie, Merle Froschl, Barbara Sprung, and Doris Fromberg
30. Improving Gender Equity in Postsecondary Education, Joanne Cooper, Pamela Eddy, Jeni Hart, Jaime Lester, Scott Lukas, Betsy Eudey, Judith Glazer-Raymo, and Mary Madden
31. Summary and Recommendations for Achieving Gender Equity in and through Education, Susan S. Klein, Elizabeth Ann Homer, et al.

Author Index
Subject Index