A Portrait of a School Coeducation at Andover |
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| Author:
| Dalton, Kathleen M. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-58348-296-4 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 1999 |
| Publisher: | iUniverse, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $17.95 |
Book Description:
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A Portrait of a School: Coeducation at Andover is the first comprehensive study of how gender works out on a day to day basis in an American high school. Using school records, survey research, interviews, and school archives, Kathleen M. Dalton reports for the first time on the long term effects of policy making to acheive sex equity in what was the oldest boys' boarding school in America. Is coeducation or single sex education the best way to educate adolescents? This is...
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A Portrait of a School: Coeducation at Andover is the first comprehensive study of how gender works out on a day to day basis in an American high school. Using school records, survey research, interviews, and school archives, Kathleen M. Dalton reports for the first time on the long term effects of policy making to acheive sex equity in what was the oldest boys' boarding school in America. Is coeducation or single sex education the best way to educate adolescents? This is basic reading for anyone who seeks to understand gender and education.