TY - BOOK AU - Baker,David AU - Wiseman,Alexander W. TI - Gender, equality and education from international and comparative perspectives T2 - International perspectives on education and society SN - 9781848550940 (hbk.) AV - LC1481 .G46 2009 PY - 2009/// CY - Bingley, UK PB - Emerald/JAI KW - Women KW - Education KW - Cross-cultural studies KW - Educational equalization N1 - Includes bibliographical references and indexes; Sex Versus Ses: A Declining Significance of Gender for Schooling In Sub-Saharan Africa?; Parfait M. Eloundou-Enyegue, Fouad Makki and Sarah C. Giroux --; Pedagogy of Difference: Understanding Teachers' Beliefs and Practice of Gender Equity In Benin; Sonya Anderson --; Learning From Experience: Improving Equality of Access and Outcomes for Girls In Uganda's Universal Post-Primary Education and Training Initiative; Jill Sperandio and Alice Kagoda --; Sugar Daddies and the Danger of Sugar: Cross-Generational Relationships, HIV/AIDs, and Secondary Schooling In Zambia; Monisha Bajaj --; Limits of and Possibilities for Equality: An Analysis of Discourse and Practices of Gendered Relations, Ethnic Traditions, and Poverty Among Non-Majority Ethnic Girls In Vietnam; Joan DeJaeghere and Shirley J. Miske --; What Matters for Chinese Girls' Behavior and Performance In School: An Investigation of Co-Educational and Single-Sex Schooling for Girls In Urban China; Julia Kaufman and Liqun Yin --; Gender Gap and Women's Participation In Higher Education: Views From Japan, Mongolia, and India; Yoshiko Nozaki, Rima Aranha, Rachel Fix Dominguez and Yuri Nakajima --; Re-Gendered Education and Society In the Newly Independent States (NIS) of Central Asia; Alan J. DeYoung and Elizabeth A. Constantine --; Issues of Gender, Equality, Education, and National Development In the United Arab Emirates; Daniel Kirk and Diane Napier --; Gender Segregation In Student Career Aspirations In Norwegian Secondary Schools; Lihong Huang --; Gender Differences In Political Efficacy and Attitudes Toward Women's Rights As Influenced By National and School Contexts: Analysis From the IEA Civic Education Study; Carolyn Barber and Judith Torney-Purta --; Shifting Gender Effects: Opportunity Structures, Institutionalized Mass Schooling, and Cross-National Achievement In Mathematics; Alexander W. Wiseman, David P. Baker, Catherine Riegle-Crumb and Francisco O. Ramirez ER -