Literacy Gender And Work

Author : Judith W. Solsken
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1993-01-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780313390494

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Literacy, Gender, and Work by Judith W. Solsken Pdf

This is the first in-depth study of gender issues in early literacy learning. It provides vivid portraits of the difficulties that both boys and girls experience in learning to read and write at home and in classrooms due to gendered divisions of labor in families and schools. The portraits are based on data from a three-year ethnographic study, in which learning biographies were constructed for thirteen children from their entry into kindergarten until the completion of second grade. The biographies show that in learning to read and write, children construct gendered identities and negotiate their social relations with parents, siblings, teachers, and peers. Even in supportive families and progressive classrooms, children face difficulties in literacy learning as a result of family and classroom practices organizing literacy on the dimensions of male/female and work/play. The result is often the unwitting perpetuation of traditional gender roles in families, schools, and the larger society. This account of early literacy learning links the personal and social meaning of literacy in children's everyday lives with the larger cultural and political significance of gender. The theoretical arguments and questions raised in the book challenge prevailing psychological and sociocultural models of literacy learning and set the agenda for future research on literacy and gender.

Author : Judith Baxter
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Literacy
ISBN : 0704914085

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Making Gender Work by Judith Baxter Pdf

Author : Syd Alison Lee University of Technology
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2016-01-31
Category : Feminist geography
ISBN : 1138975001

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Gender, Literacy, Curriculum by Syd Alison Lee University of Technology Pdf

First Published in 1996. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Author : Esther Hertzog
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 279 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2011-05-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781845459857

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Patrons of Women by Esther Hertzog Pdf

Assuming that women’s empowerment would accelerate the pace of social change in rural Nepal, the World Bank urged the Nepali government to undertake a “Gender Activities Project” within an ongoing long-term water-engineering scheme. The author, an anthropologist specializing in bureaucratic organizations and gender studies, was hired to monitor the project. Analyzing her own experience as a practicing “development expert,” she demonstrates that the professed goal of “women’s empowerment” is a pretext for promoting economic organizational goals and the interests of local elites. She shows how a project intended to benefit women, through teaching them literary and agricultural skills, fails to provide them with any of the promised resources. Going beyond the conventional analysis that positions aid givers vis-à-vis powerless victimized recipients, she draws attention to the complexity of the process and the active role played by the Nepalese rural women who pursue their own interests and aspirations within this unequal world. The book makes an important contribution to the growing critique of “development” projects and of women’s development projects in particular.

Author : Alison Lee
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2014-03-18
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781135345174

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Gender Literacy & Curriculum by Alison Lee Pdf

First Published in 1996. Gender, Literacy, Curriculum is a major contribution to research and theory in literacy and curriculum studies. Alison Lee looks at how the texts and discourses of schooling construct 'geography' as a curriculum field, and how this construction is tied closely with students' gendered identities and practices in the classroom. She brings together discourse analyses of research texts, textbooks, classroom talk, students' and teachers' accounts, with a detailed linguistic analysis of students' written work. This title is of particular interest to those working in literacy education and curriculum, discourse analysis and applied linguistics, feminisms and critical pedagogies.

Author : Beatrice Quarshie Smith
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 231 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780739137840

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Reading and Writing in the Global Workplace by Beatrice Quarshie Smith Pdf

Reading and Writing in the Global Workplace: Gender, Literacy, and Outsourcing in Ghana by Beatrice Quarshie Smith explores the conditions that underlie the outsourcing of US data-processing work in Ghana. Here Beatrice Quarshie Smith describes the convergence and interplay of at least four different socio-economic forces: (1) the digital and satellite technology enabling virtual environments for global outsourced data-processing; (2) the historical development of Ghana as a politically-stable Anglophone society with a relatively strong tradition of public education; (3) the neoliberal economic restructuring policies advanced by the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund; and (4) the ready availability of women seeking to enter the formal wage economy either to seek independence from their roles within traditional families, or in order to support their families. The author's comparative study of two distinctly different workplaces reveals significant insights about problems of organizational hierarchy and management-employee relations in the cross-cultural environments of out-sourced business and IT process work. Through extensive interviews, the book sheds light on the educational backgrounds, day-to-day struggles, fears, and aspirations of the workers. Quarshie Smith develops this multi-faceted analysis with keen insights into the representational limitations and ethical responsibilities of the researcher. This pioneering study about outsourced data-processing work in West Africa opens up a new area for research and offers a fresh perspective from which to consider outsourcing in other regions of the globe.

Author : Barbara J. Guzzetti,Josephine Peyto Young,Margaret M. Gritsavage,Laurie M. Fyfe,Marie Hardenbrook
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2013-10-08
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781135854218

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Reading, Writing, and Talking Gender in Literacy Learning by Barbara J. Guzzetti,Josephine Peyto Young,Margaret M. Gritsavage,Laurie M. Fyfe,Marie Hardenbrook Pdf

Until now, there has been no systematic analysis or review of the research on gender and literacy. With all the media attention and research surveys surrounding gender bias and the inequities that continue to flourish in education, a synthesis of the research studies was needed to raise awareness of gender issues in learning and literacy, to provide successful interventions and recommendations to educators, and to point out the direction for future inquiries by examining the unanswered questions of the existing research. For the convenience of readers, the studies are organized by genre: gender and discussion, reading, writing, electronic text, and literacy autobiography. Published by International Reading Association

Author : Gail Lynn Goldberg,Barbara Roswell
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 227 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2013-09-13
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781317922667

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Reading, Writing, and Gender by Gail Lynn Goldberg,Barbara Roswell Pdf

Like an increasing number of educators, you recognize that girls and boys approach reading and writing differently, and that boys are lagging behind girls in many assessments of literacy learning. This book does more than describe and explain these differences. It builds on the authors' state of the art research to offer instructional strategies and classroom activities to help both girls and boys develop as readers and writers. This book is for classroom teachers in grades 3 - 8 as well as for reading specialists, instructional leaders and other educators. It provides detailed descriptions of instructional activities, accompanied by reproducible tools and materials; illustrative examples of student work; concise summaries of state-of-the-art research; and ideas for action research projects. The strategies and activities in this book have all been classroom tested with diverse student populations.

Author : Susan W. Woolley,Lee Airton
Publisher : Canadian Scholars
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2020-09-02
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781773381664

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Teaching about Gender Diversity: Teacher-Tested Lesson Plans for K–12 Classrooms by Susan W. Woolley,Lee Airton Pdf

Featuring lesson plans by educators from across North America, Teaching about Gender Diversity provides K–12 teachers with the tools to talk to their students about gender and sex, implement gender diversity–inclusive practices into their curriculum, and foster a classroom that welcomes all possible ways of living gender. The collection is divided into three sections dedicated to the elementary, middle, and secondary grade levels, with each containing teacher-tested lesson plans for a variety of subject areas, including English language arts, the sciences, and health and physical education. The lesson plans range widely in terms of grade and subject, from early literacy read-alouds to secondary mathematics.Written by teachers for teachers, this engaging collection highlights educators’ varied perspectives and specialized knowledge of pedagogical practices for the diverse contemporary classroom. Teaching about Gender Diversity is an ideal resource for teacher educators, teachers, and students taking education courses on equity, diversity, and social justice as well as curriculum and teaching methods. Visit the book’s companion website at teachingaboutgenderdiversity.com.

Author : Benedicta Egbo
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2000-01-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 1853594644

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Gender, Literacy, and Life Chances in Sub-Saharan Africa by Benedicta Egbo Pdf

Taking as a starting point the taken-for-granted assumption that literacy affects women's lives in very important ways, the author provides much needed evidence from research in a rural community in Sub-Saharan Africa, that show the value of literacy in increasing the life chances of women. The book concludes with macro and micro level policy options that are necessary for critical (re)construction of women's lives in the region and elsewhere.

Author : Betty-Ann Lloyd,Frances Ennis,Tannis Atkinson,Canadian Congress for Learning Opportunities for Women
Publisher : Halifax, N.S. : Fernwood
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Action research in education
ISBN : 1895686369

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The Power of Woman-positive Literacy Work by Betty-Ann Lloyd,Frances Ennis,Tannis Atkinson,Canadian Congress for Learning Opportunities for Women Pdf

The experiences of Canadian women in adult basic education and literacy (ABEL) were examined in a national research project during which 2 contact women from each of 12 ABEL programs across Canada spend one-half day each week "researching" their program's "woman-positive" activities and the consequences of those activities for staff, students, and their program as a whole. The 24 women spent their project time reflecting on their programs alone and with others, writing journals that were eventually sent to the project's coordinating researchers, and developing documentation of the personal, professional, political, and structural changes observed in their ABEL programs during the year-long research project. The 24 women represented a wide range of age groups (23-56 years old), educational levels (grade 12 to a postgraduate degree), and years of experience in adult basic education and literacy (1-20 years). The research revealed the diverse experiences of women in different ABEL programs in different parts of Canada, emphasized the difficulties in focusing attention on members of marginalized groups, highlighted the lack of information about literacy workers in Canada, and provided a model for program-based action research beginning with frontline workers' experiences. (Approximately 50% of this document is devoted to descriptions of the 12 programs studied. Contains 77 references.) (MN)

Author : Anna Robinson-Pant
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Literacy
ISBN : 0415322391

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Women, Literacy, and Development by Anna Robinson-Pant Pdf

This book presents a new perspective on the assumed links between women's literacy and development and explores current innovative approaches to research and policy around women's literacy.

Author : Fatima Agnaou
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2004-08-02
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781135937256

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Gender, Literacy, and Empowerment in Morocco by Fatima Agnaou Pdf

This book's concept concerns the positive correlation between literacy and women's development and empowerment in developing countries.

Author : Alison Lee
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2014-03-18
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781135345105

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Gender Literacy & Curriculum by Alison Lee Pdf

First Published in 1996. Gender, Literacy, Curriculum is a major contribution to research and theory in literacy and curriculum studies. Alison Lee looks at how the texts and discourses of schooling construct 'geography' as a curriculum field, and how this construction is tied closely with students' gendered identities and practices in the classroom. She brings together discourse analyses of research texts, textbooks, classroom talk, students' and teachers' accounts, with a detailed linguistic analysis of students' written work. This title is of particular interest to those working in literacy education and curriculum, discourse analysis and applied linguistics, feminisms and critical pedagogies.

Author : Beth Daniell,Peter Mortensen
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Education
ISBN : STANFORD:36105123392701

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Women and Literacy by Beth Daniell,Peter Mortensen Pdf

Path-breaking research on women and literacy in the past decade established conventions and advanced innovative methods that push the making of knowledge into new spheres of inquiry. Taking these accomplishments as a point of departure, this volume emphasizes the diversity—of approaches and subjects—that characterizes the next generation of research on women and literacy. It builds on and critiques scholarship in literacy studies, composition studies, rhetorical theory, gender studies, postcolonial theory, and cultural studies to open new venues for future research. nbsp; Contributors discuss what literacy is—more precisely, what literacies are—but their strongest interest is in documenting and theorizing women’s lived experience of these literacies, with particular attention to: *the diversity of women’s literacies within the U.S., including but not limited to the varying relations that exist among women, literacy, economic position, class, race, sexuality, and education; *relations among women, literacy, and economic contexts in the U.S. and abroad, including but not limited to changes in women’s private and domestic literacies, the evolution of technologies of literacy, and women’s experience of the commodification of literacies; and *emergent roles of women and literacy in a globally interdependent world. nbsp; This broad, significant work is a must-read for researchers and graduate students across the fields of literacy studies, composition studies, rhetorical theory, and gender studies.