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The Lost Girls: Why a feminist revolution in education benefits everyone (Paperback)
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The Lost Girls: Why a feminist revolution in education benefits everyone (Paperback)
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Loot Price R497
Discovery Miles 4 970
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Life for girls is a battle of contrasting expectations, being told
you should be 'empowered' but also be a 'good girl', putting others
first but still striving for perfection yourself. This conflict,
internalizing expectations of an impossible standard, has lead to
an explosion in mental-health and anxiety-related disorders in
young women. The traditional narrative of education feeds the
perception that girls are good. They achieve, work hard, are
co-operative. They achieve better grades. But where do these high
achievers disappear to? They aren't becoming CEOs, politicians or
social leaders. Women are still disproportionately the family
carers and domestic managers. This book explores: * research around
biological difference, and how our schools encode gendered
expectations. * how our curricula can provide role-models as well
as modes of thinking, valuing traditionally feminine traits as
equal to masculine * using psychological approaches to develop
girls' independence. * how school systems and leadership can model
approaches to encourage all students to create a gender-balanced
environment. With practical questions and suggestions at the end of
each chapter, this book is a guide to the research and a tool to
help teachers and leaders shape a genuinely empowering school
experience for young women.
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