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Gender Gaps: Where Schools Still Fail Our Children
“Gender Gaps” is an update to “How Schools Shortchange Girls,” the report that drew national attention to the unequal treatment of girls in America’s schools. The AAUW sees how girls are faring after five years of educational reform, explores lingering problems, and shows why teachers need to address the different needs of girls and boys, rather than simply giving them an identical education. 10 charts, 10 tables…. More >>
Gender Gaps: Where Schools Still Fail Our Children
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Language and Gender: Making the Difference
This book deals with the use of language to actively create difference and inequality between men and women. Stressing the necessity of looking beyond “sexist” words for an understanding of how language creates difference, Poynton pays particular attention to grammatical and textual structure in both speech and writing. She contends that girls and boys become different kinds of people in the process of learning to use language differently in achieving different kinds of social goals…. More >>
Language and Gender: Making the Difference
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ICT and Changing Mindsets in Education
The debate is no longer whether to use information and communication technologies (ICT) in education in Africa but how to do so, and how to ensure equitable access for teachers and learners, whether in urban or rural settings. This is a book about how Africans adopt and adapt ICT. It is also about how ICT shape African schools and classrooms. Why do we use ICT, or not? Do girls and boys use them in the same ways? How are teachers and students in primary and secondar… More >>
ICT and Changing Mindsets in Education
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