The Gender Politics Of Educational Change (Master Classes in Education Series)


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What is the relationship of gender to the micropolitics of school reform? The timely research question is explored in this book which will open the 'black box' of secondary school reform.
Teachers are asked to play an increasingly active role in school reform. Datnow reveals the everyday struggles that happen between different factions of teachers with different definitions of what school means for students. The focus of this struggle may not be on education but the underlying issues such as gender. The author shows gender politics can be used by teachers to head off reform and, using three case study schools, explains the condition sunder which factionalism occurs.
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This book nicely combines rich theoretical development about the process of school reform and gender discourse in schools with highly readable and interesting case studies of actual attempts to restructure schools. The author vividly portrays how school reform efforts in several high schools (in this case, the removing of ability-groups) get derailed by the political infighting between different groups of teachers (in one case, on gender lines between more conservative male teachers -- the "good old boys" -- and more progressive female teachers -- the "dream team"). The lessons contained in this book should be particularly useful for anyone (school superintendent, principal, teacher, or parent) who hopes to implement major school reform efforts.Most of the consumer Reviews tell that the "The Gender Politics Of Educational Change (Master Classes in Education Series)" are high quality item. You can read each testimony from consumers to find out cons and pros from The Gender Politics Of Educational Change (Master Classes in Education Series) ...

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