Personally (and Passively) Yours: Girls, Literacy and Education.

Gilbert, Pam

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Publication Date: 1989

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Personally (and Passively) Yours: Girls, Literacy and Education.

Gilbert, Pam

Oxford Review of Education, v15 n3 p257-65 1989

Challenges teachers' assumptions that language and literature are neutral fields of study and suggests alternative nonsexist approaches to education. Discusses how female children are disadvantaged in school by the hidden curriculum. Makes note of stereotyped expectations held by teachers rewarding females for passive behavior. (NL)

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavior Patterns, Educational Discrimination, Elementary Education, English Instruction, Females, Feminism, Hidden Curriculum, Higher Education, Language Role, Learning Theories, Literature, Qualitative Research, Sex Stereotypes, Teacher Influence, Womens Studies

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Language: English

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