Author : Jenny Shaw
Publisher : Gender & Society Feminist Pers
ISBN 13 : 9780748401017
Total Pages : 166 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (1 download)
Book Synopsis Education, Gender, and Anxiety by : Jenny Shaw
Download or read book Education, Gender, and Anxiety written by Jenny Shaw and published by Gender & Society Feminist Pers. This book was released on 1995 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Education, Gender and Anxiety brings together the existing but scattered literature on sociology, psychoanalysis and feminism from North America, Europe and Britain, to illuminate questions such as why are gender divisions so persistent in schools? why don't boys like to read? why do both sexes mainly choose sex-stereotypic subjects? and why is single sex schooling still controversial? In this innovative and thought-provoking work, the author argues for an 'object relations' approach when analysing gender differences in subject choice and polarisation in reading, writing and drawing, and stresses the need to pay close attention to the unconscious processes which school settings mobilise. Analysing the concept of 'in loco parentis', the author presents parenting as the emotional substructure of education. In the conclusion, the author suggests challenging areas for future empirical work in Sociology, Education, Women's studies and Psychology courses.