Tolley The Science Education of American Girls

A Historical Perspective
Erscheinungsjahr 2014
ISBN: 978-1-135-33927-2
Verlag: CRC Press
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 256 Seiten

The Science Education of American Girls provides a comparative analysis of the science education of adolescent boys and girls, and analyzes the evolution of girls' scientific interests from the antebellum era through the twentieth century. Kim Tolley expands the understanding of the structural and cultural obstacles that emerged to transform what, in the early nineteenth century, was regarded as a "girl's subject." As the form and content of pre-college science education developed, Tolley argues, direct competition between the sexes increased. Subsequently, the cultural construction of science as a male subject limited access and opportunity for girls.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Tolley, Kim

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations
List of Tables
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Geography Opens The Door
2. Science for Ladies, Classics for Gentlemen
3. "What will be the Use of This Study?"
4. From Arithmetic to Higher Mathematics
5. The Rise of Natural History
6. "Study Nature, Not Books"
7. Other Paths, Other Opportunities
8. Physics for Boys
Conclusion
Notes
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Kim Tolley is an independent writer and scholar, formerly an Assistant Professor in the Department of Education at the College of Notre Dame, Belmont, California.