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Beyond enrollment : a handbook for improving girls" experiences in primary classrooms
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Beyond enrollment : a handbook for improving girls" experiences in primary classrooms
Based on the efforts of educators around the world to improve the quality of girls" classroom experiences by building their aspirations and improving their achievements, this manual provides a resource for ideas about: common differences between girls" and boys" experiences in primary school classrooms; discovery activities to explore and understand those differences in a particular classroom; and ways to improve classroom experiences and learning for girls and boys.
O"Gara, Chloe; Kendall, Nancy · 1970
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Abstract
Part I tells why the handbook exists and offers detailed guidelines on how to use it. Part II includes chapters on five factors that affect girls" primary-level classroom experiences: curriculum; instruction and guidance; language and speech; managing time and space; and sexuality. Within each chapter are important findings, exercises, and other information to help educators understand the issues, assess the situation in their classrooms, and select activities that will improve girls" academic achievement and inspire them to excel. Includes bibliography (pp.138-153). (Author abstract, modified)
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