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The SAGE Handbook of Gender and Education brings together leading scholars on gender and education tprovide an up-to-date and broad-ranging guide tthe field It is a comprehensive overview of different theoretical positions on equity issues in schools The contributions cover all sectors of education from early years thigher education; curriculum subjects; methodological and theoretical perspectives; and gender identities in education Each chapter reviews, synthesises, and provides a critical interrogation of key contemporary themes in education This approach ensures that the book will be an indispensable source of reference for a wide range of readers: students, academics and practitioners The first section of the Handbook, Gender Theory and Methodology, outlines the various (feminist) perspectives on researching and exploring gender and education The section critiques the notion of gender as a category in educational research and considers recent trends, evident especially in the gender and underachievement debates, tlocate gender difference solely within biology This section provides the broad background upon which the issues and debates in the other sections can be situated Section two, Gender and Education, considers the differing ways in which gender has been shown timpact upon the opportunities and experiences of pupils/students, teachers, and other adults in the different sectors of education It alsincludes a chapter on single-sex schooling Section three, Gender and School Subjects, comprises chapters that cover gender issues within the teaching and learning of particular school subjects (for example, maths, literacy, and science) It alsincludes topics such as sex education and assessment The chapters in section four, Gender, Identity and Educational Sites, address up-to-date issues which have a long history in terms of explorations intgender and educational opportunities More recent inclusions in the debates, such as disability, sexuality, and masculinities are discussed alongside the more traditional concerns of race, social class, and femininities The final section, Working in Schools and Colleges, illuminates the working lives of teachers and academics The chapters cover such topics as school culture, career progression and development, and the gendered identities of professionals within educational institutions The contributors tthis book have been selected by the editors as authorities in their specific area of gender and education and are drawn from the international scholarly community
