EDucation & GEnder : : gender-specific education in different countries : historical aspects - current trends / / Oliver Holz, Fiona Shelton, editors.

• TeilnehmendeR: Holz, Oliver,; Shelton, Fiona,
• Place / Publishing House: Münster : : Waxmann Verlag,, 2013.
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (176 pages)

A study funded by the European Commission, relating to gender specific differences in learning achievements, shows among other things that whilst gender equality is a hot topic in many countries a general equality policy is not always advocated. More importantly, measures to reduce gender differences in achievement seem to focus primarily on the underachievement of boys. In this publication, historical aspects and current trends within 12 European countries, regarding gender equality in education are presented and compared. The country studies and comparative analysis will inform and inspire everybody who is interested in gender issues in education.

Table of Contents

Foreword from the editors / Oliver Holz and Fiona Shelton -- Gender-fair education in Austria / Renate Seebauer and Johann Göttel -- Gender : a never-ending story / Luk Bosman -- The past, the present, and the future situation of gender specific education in the Czech Republic / Otakar Fleischmann -- Gender mainstreaming in Germany / Bernd Drägestein and Olaf Schwarze -- Gender research in Estonia against the background of traditional education / Meeli Väljaots -- Education for gender equality in Spain, a socio-cultural and historical analysis / Victor Pérez-Samaniego and Carmen Santamaría-García -- Gender-equitable education and training in Hungary / Erika Grossmann -- Girls ignite education / Kristof De Witte and Ferry Haan -- "Gender equality is no longer the big issue ..." / Herbert Zoglowek -- From history to the present : faces of gender in Poland / Malgorzata Jarecka-Z̓yluk and Justyna Ratkowska-Pasikowska -- Gender and education in Turkey / Nesrin Oruç Ertürk -- Upsetting the apple cart : overachieving girls, underachieving boys / Fiona Shelton -- Gender specific education in 12 European countries : a comparison / Kristof De Witte and Oliver Holz -- Authors.