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Books are listed in order of year of publication - newest titles are at the top. There are 8 books in this booklist
£9.99 paperback (2015) - ISBN 13: 9780241246238 | ISBN 10: 0241246237
'That room for all of us, became a place of transgression. What a wonderland it was! Sitting around the large coffee table covered with bouquets of flowers - We were, to borrow from Nabokov, to experience how the ordinary pebble of ordinary life coul ... more
View book details£11.99 paperback (2010) - ISBN 13: 9781906784102 | ISBN 10: 1906784108
Mornings were used to teach the basic three Rs and to progress us through our Janet and John readers. I only learned much later, in my thirties, how limited Janet's activites had been in comparison to her brother John's and how some scholars linked t ... more
View book details£9.99 paperback (2010) - ISBN 13: 9780141029719 | ISBN 10: 0141029714
In 1869, when five women enrolled at university for the first time in British history, the average female brain was thought to be 150 grams lighter than a man's. Doctors warned that if women studied too hard their wombs would wither and die. When the ... more
View book details£69.99 hardback (2007) - ISBN 13: 9781402061097 | ISBN 10: 1402061099
There is much ambivalence in women’s experience of the academy as teachers and students. Allthough today many more women follow academic careers than in the past, they do not find the welcome that they had hoped for and expected. Additionally, women ... more
View book details£8.50 paperback (2005) - ISBN 13: 9780226644899 | ISBN 10: 0226644898
The buzz word in education today is accountability. But the federal mandate of "no child left behind" has come to mean curriculums driven by preparation for standardized tests and quantifiable learning results. Even for very young children, unstructu ... more
View book details£18.99 paperback (2003) - ISBN 13: 9781858561813 | ISBN 10: 1858561817
Farazana Shain challenges western misconceptions and stereotypes of young Asian women. Through an analysis of Asian girls' experiences, she reassesses the role that schooling can play in shaping the identities of young people. The book draws on an em ... more
View book details£12.99 paperback (2001) - ISBN 13: 9780385494229 | ISBN 10: 038549422x
Shocked by the teenage violence she witnessed during the Rodney King riots in Los Angeles, Erin Gruwell became a teacher at a high school rampant with hostility and racial intolerance. For many of these students – whose ranks included substance abus ... more
View book details£16.95 paperback (2000) - ISBN 13: 9780674002739 | ISBN 10: 0674002733
White teacher, black children: Paley approaches this largely unexplored minefield with candor and incisiveness. In this humane and beautifully written account, the wit and sureness of her observations are compelling. Repeatedly, she uses anecdotes to ... more
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