1st Edition
Contemporary Perspectives on Girls’ Educational Achievement What About the Girls?
1. Introduction: What About the Girls? 2. What About the Girls?: Girls’ Educational Achievements in the Contemporary Context 3. Thinking it Through: Notions of Gender and Achievement 4. Growing Up and Getting On: What About Girls’ Educational Achievement as They Move Through Different Ages and Stages in Education? 5. Developing Dispositions?: What About Girls’ Experiences of Educational Achievement Over Time? 6. Feeling Achievement: What About Girls’ Affective and Subjective Experiences of Educational Achievement? 7. International perspectives: What About Girls’ Educational Achievements Around the Globe? 8. Drawing Some Conclusions
Biography
Alexandra Allan is Associate Professor in Education and Head of Department for the School of Education at the University of Exeter, UK. Her research is based in the field of the Sociology of Education.
