Gender, Education and Work

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Gender, Education and Work

Inequalities and Intersectionality

Social discrimination and social justice Gender studies, gender groups Sociology: work and labour Education

Author: Christine Eden

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Language: English

Published by: Routledge

Published on: 27th March 2017

Format: LCP-protected ePub

Size: 2 Mb

ISBN: 9781317375333


Girls outperform boys in educational achievement, yet women in work are less well paid, are underrepresented in positions of power and carry a disproportionate burden of care and childcare.

Gender, Education and Work analyses and interprets the latest data and research in the field to offer detailed historical and sociological explanations for this continuing inequity, exploring different dimensions of inequality and how they intersect.

With discussion questions and selected further reading to support reflection on your own understanding and assumptions, it covers key topics:

Key topics

Historical approaches to the education of girls and women

Key theories and debates

Patterns of achievement and intersectionality

Attainment gaps and socio-economic status

Ethnicity and attainment gaps

Gender in the classroom and gender identity in schools

Patterns of employment and the nature of work

The gender pay gap

Women’s experience of work

Gender, Education and Work provides the arguments together with the historical evidence and research data required by serious education studies and sociology students engaged in the analysis of this urgent and complex topic.

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