This is the first book to link the issues of emotional literacy, equity and social justice, and the education of the whole child, thus providing the social and political context for emotional literacy. In connecting emotional literacy and equity with the structure of schooling, it establishes that co-educational schools can contribute to enabling boys and girls to relate to and understand each other. Based firmly on research, this innovative book gives teachers invaluable guidelines on what to concentrate on and what to avoid. It is key reading for teachers and trainee teachers as well as policymakers and all those concerned with education. Following an introduction, this book is divided into three parts and 11 chapters. Part 1, The Need for Emotional Literacy: Background Issues, presents the first chapters: (1) Educating the Whole Person; (2) Equity and Social Justice: Getting to Know Each Other; (3) Emotional Literacy, Emotional Intelligence and Dialogue; (4) Emotional Literacy and Education; and (5) Groups and Power. Part 2, Emotional Literacy and Equity in the Classroom: Communication between the Sexes, continues with the next chapters: (6) Approaching Emotional Literacy and Equity in the Classroom; (7) Emotional Literacy and Equity: Some Possible Outcomes; and (8) A New Saying for Old. Part 3, Moving Forward, concludes the book with the final chapters: (9) Single-Sex and Co-Educational Schools; (10) Broadening the Emotional Context; and (11) Ways Forward. The following are appended: (1) Details of the Improving Science and Emotional Development (ISED) Project; (2) Sample Sheet for Use in the Classroom; (3) Sample Sheet for Use in the Classroom; and (4) Sample Sheet for Use in the Classroom. An index is also included.