TY  - BOOK
AU  - Baker,David
AU  - Wiseman,Alexander W.
TI  - Gender, equality, and education from international and comparative perspectives
T2  - International perspectives on education and society,
SN  - 9781781901519  (pbk.) :
AV  - LC1481 .G46 2012
PY  - 2012///, 2009
CY  - Bingley, UK
PB  - Emerald
KW  - Women
KW  - Education
KW  - Cross-cultural studies
KW  - Educational equalization
KW  - Sex discrimination in education
KW  - Comparative education
KW  - International cooperation
KW  - Education and globalization
KW  - Démocratisation de l'enseignement
KW  - Discrimination sexuelle en éducation
KW  - Éducation comparée
KW  - Éducation
KW  - Coopération internationale
KW  - Éducation et mondialisation
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and indexes; Chapter 1. Sex versus SES: A declining significance of gender for schooling in sub-Saharan Africa? -- Chapter 2. The pedagogy of difference: Understanding Teachers' Beliefs and Practice of Gender Equity in Benin -- Chapter 3. Learning from experience: Improving equality of access and outcomes for girls in Uganda's universal post-primary education and training initiative -- Chapter 4. Sugar daddies and the danger of sugar: Cross-generational relationships, HIV/AIDS, and secondary schooling in Zambia --  Chapter 5. Limits of and possibilities for equality: An analysis of discourse and practices of gendered relations, ethnic traditions, and poverty among non-majority ethnic girls in Vietnam -- Chapter 6. What matters for Chinese girls' behavior and performance in school: An investigation of co-educational and single-sex schooling for girls in urban China {u2013} Chapter 7. Gender gap and women’s participation in higher education: views from Japan, Mongolia, and India {u2013} Chapter 8. Re-gendered education and society in the Newly Independent States (NIS) of central Asia {u2013} Chapter 9. Issues of gender, equality, education, and national development in the United Arab Emirates {u2013} Chapter 10. Gender segregation in student career aspirations in Norwegian secondary schools {u2013} Chapter 11. Gender differences in political efficacy and attitudes towards women’s rights as influenced by national and school contexts: analysis from the IEA Civic Education study {u2013} Chapter 12. Shifting gender effects: opportunity structures, institutionalized mass schooling, and cross-national achievement in mathematics
ER  -