Wise and Foolish Virgins - White Women at Work in the Feminized World of Primary School Teaching (Hardcover)

Wise and Foolish Virgins: White Women at Work in the Feminized World of Primary School Teaching by Sally Campbell Galman asks the question, what does it mean for an entire profession to be numerically dominated by white women, and what is the relationship between teacher preparation and professional feminization? The book tells the story of three very different teacher preparation programs, explores the hopes and struggles of the mostly white, female students in those programs, and opens a window upon the closed world of teacher educators themselves who must straddle multiple worlds and multiple masters. With one foot in ancient allegory and the other in contemporary popular culture, this text addresses the complex ecologies of gender identity and negotiation between student teachers, teacher educators, and policy-makers against the politicized backdrop of pop culture feminization and the unique contours of homogenization in the emerging elementary teaching force.

General

Imprint:	Lexington Books
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	April 2012
First published:	April 2012
Authors:	Sally Galman
Dimensions:	239 x 160 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	246
ISBN-13:	978-0-7391-4771-9
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Education > Teaching skills & techniques Books > Social sciences > Education > Schools > Primary / junior schools Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > Women's studies > General Promotions
LSN:	0-7391-4771-4
Barcode:	9780739147719

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