The Role of Gender in Educational Contexts and Outcomes
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Volume 47 of Advances in Child Development and Behavior includes chapters that highlight some the most recent research in the area of gender in educational, contexts and outcomes. A wide array of topics are discussed in detail, including sexism, race and gender issues, sexual orientation, single-sex education, and physical education. Each chapter provides in-depth discussions, and this volume serves as an invaluable resource for developmental or educational psychology researchers, scholars, and students.
Key Features
- Chapters that highlight some of the most recent research in the area.
- A wide array of topics are discussed in detail
Readership
Developmental or educational psychology researchers, scholars, and students.
Table of Contents
- Preface
- Chapter One: Motivation in Educational Contexts: Does Gender Matter?
- Abstract
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Theoretical Frameworks: Early and Contemporary Approaches
- 3 A Question of Confidence? Gender and Perceptions of Competence and Control
- 4 Proving and Improving: Gender and Motives for Evaluation
- 5 Achievement Goals
- 6 Achievement and Social Goals, Values, and Interests
- 7 Social Influences
- 8 Conclusions
- Chapter Two: Gender-Related Academic and Occupational Interests and Goals
- Abstract
- 1 Theoretical Frameworks
- 2 Gender Similarities and Differences in Academic Ability and Dispositions
- 3 Gender Differences in Occupational Interests and Goals
- 4 Factors that may Shape Gendered Occupational Goals
- 5 Conclusions
- Chapter Three: Developmental Interventions to Address the STEM Gender Gap: Exploring Intended and Unintended Consequences
- Abstract
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Documenting the STEM Gender Gap
- 3 Developmental Mechanisms and a Taxonomy of STEM Intervention Goals
- 4 Illustrations of STEM Interventions
- 5 Conclusions and Recommendations
- Chapter Four: Physical Education, Sports, and Gender in Schools
- Abstract
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Historical Overview
- 3 Curricular Issues
- 4 Gender and Motivation to be Physically Active
- 5 Fitness Testing
- 6 Social Construction of Bodily Meanings
- 7 Creating Equitable Climates in Physical Education
- 8 Education and Sport
- 9 Conclusions and Implications
- Chapter Five: Gendered-Peer Relationships in Educational Contexts
- Abstract
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Children's Gender Segregation
- 3 The Influence of Gendered-Peer Relationships on Children's Development
- 4 Gender Segregation in School Environments
- 5 The Role of the Child in Selecting Gendered-Peer Environments
- 6 Implications of Gender Segregation for Aggressive and Cooperative Behaviors
- 7 Conclusions and Future Directions
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter Six: Sexism in Schools
- Abstract
- 1 Overview of Types of Sexism
- 2 Perpetrators of Sexism
- 3 Gender Biases in School Achievement
- 4 Sexual Harassment in School
- 5 Awareness of Sexism and Coping
- 6 Reducing Sexism in Schools
- 7 Conclusions
- Chapter Seven: Analysis and Evaluation of the Rationales for Single-Sex Schooling‡
- Abstract
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Brief History of the Rationales for Single-Sex Schooling in the United States
- 3 Analysis and Evaluation of Contemporary Rationales for Single-Sex Schooling
- 4 Conclusions and Recommendations
- Chapter Eight: Factors Affecting Academic Achievement Among Sexual Minority and Gender-Variant Youth
- Abstract
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Theoretical Models for Understanding Academic Disparities
- 3 Evidence of Sexual Orientation-Based Academic Disparities
- 4 Processes and Consequences of Victimization
- 5 Additional Influences on Student Outcomes
- 6 Programming and Policy
- 7 Conclusions
- Chapter Nine: Framing Black Boys: Parent, Teacher, and Student Narratives of the Academic Lives of Black Boys
- Abstract
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The Peril and Promise of Black Boys
- 3 Black Boys: A Social Problem
- 4 Black Boys: Aggressive and Scary, Never Victims, Never Scared
- 5 Black Boys: Unteachable and Undeserving
- 6 Academic Identification
- 7 Cool-Pose Theory
- 8 Conclusions
- Chapter Ten: Creating Developmentally Auspicious School Environments for African American Boys
- Abstract
- 1 Overview
- 2 Challenges in Educating African American Boys
- 3 Practices to Create Developmentally Auspicious School Environments
- 4 Single-Sex Schools: A Means of Rescuing African American Boys?
- 5 Conclusions and Future Directions
- Author Index
- Subject Index
- Contents of Previous Volumes
Product details
- No. of pages: 440
- Language: English
- Copyright: © Academic Press 2014
- Published: August 1, 2014
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Hardcover ISBN: 9780124115828
- eBook ISBN: 9780124115767
About the Serial Volume Editors
Lynn Liben
Departments of Psychology, Human Development & Family Studies, and Education, The Pennsylvania State University, USA
Affiliations and Expertise
Departments of Psychology, Human Development & Family Studies, and Education, The Pennsylvania State University, USA
Rebecca Bigler
Affiliations and Expertise
Psychology and Women's and Gender Studies, University of Texas at Austin, USA
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