Educating Young Adolescent Girls

✍ Scribed by Patricia O'Reilly, Elizabeth M. Penn, Kathleen B. deMarrais

• Year: 2001
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 285
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This text for preservice and in-service teacher education courses shows how schools can educate girls and promote their positive self-esteem at the same time. Its purpose is to help teachers facilitate the development of gender-equitable schools and classrooms. Taking a feminist developmental approach, the text draws on an interdisciplinary knowledge base, synthesizing research from psychology, anthropology, sociology, and education. While it is rooted in scholarly research, the focus is on clarifying the connection between theory and practice, with an emphasis on practical applications. The text is organized in two sections--"Growth and Development" and "Teaching and Learning"--and includes a variety of engaging pedagogical features. Underscoring the need for teachers, school administrators, and parents to become aware of the intersection of development and education, Educating Young Adolescent Girls: combines gender, growth, and development; demonstrates how schooling can facilitate the total development of young adolescent girls; and *addresses a multiplicity of issues, including adolescent girls of color and young adolescents girls' sexuality.

✦ Table of Contents

Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Contents......Page 8
Introduction......Page 10
PART I GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT......Page 18
CHAPTER 1 Learning to Be a Girl......Page 20
CHAPTER 2 “Tell Them We’re Girls”: The Invisibility of Girls With Disabilities......Page 38
CHAPTER 3 Educating Young Adolescent Girls About Lesbian, Bisexual, and Gay Issues......Page 56
PART II TEACHING AND LEARNING......Page 92
CHAPTER 4 A Delicate Balance: How Teachers Can Support Middle School Girls’ Confidence and Competence......Page 94
CHAPTER 5 When Bodies Matter*: Teaching Adolescents About Community, Critical Consciousness, and Identity Through Movement......Page 114
CHAPTER 6 Little Warrior Sistas: Reading Their Worlds for Liberation......Page 134
CHAPTER 7 Developing Mathematical Voice: Women Reflecting on the Adolescent Years......Page 158
CHAPTER 8 Technically Speaking: Girls and Computers......Page 182
CHAPTER 9 Daily Acts of Ordinary Courage: Gender-Equitable Practice in the Social Studies Classroom......Page 200
CHAPTER 10 Understanding Relationship and Career Concerns of Middle School Girls......Page 224
CHAPTER 11 Class Action: Teaching for Equity......Page 242
Glossary......Page 258
Suggested Resources and Readings......Page 266
Author Index......Page 274
Subject Index......Page 282