Women and Teaching Global Perspectives on the Feminization of a Profession

by Cortina, Regina; San Román, Sonsoles

• ISBN13: 9781403973092
• ISBN10: 1403973091
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-04-17
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

"Women and Teaching focuses on the social construction of female teachers across the centuries and in nine nations, examining work experiences and policies affecting women in Latin America, North America, and parts of Europe. Each contributor in this new collection presents the dynamics of the feminization of teaching in different socio-historical and political periods. The book includes an overview of gender issues in education, along with well-documented case studies, offering the reader a window into both the gendered culture in schools across the world and the unique social and political events that led each country to the universal presence of women in classrooms."--BOOK JACKET.

Author Biography

Regina Cortina is Associate Professor in the School of Education, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Sonsoles San Román is Professor in the Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology, Universided Autónoma de Madrid.

Table of Contents

Introduction--Regina Cortina & Sonsoles San Román * Part I: The Daily Encounter of Teachers with a Feminized Profession * Professional Identities of Teachers during the Social Transformation Toward Democracy in Spain--
Sonsoles San Román * Collegiality and Gender in the Elementary School Teachers’ Workplace Cultures: A Tale of Two Projects--Elisabeth Richards & Sandra Acker * State, Gender, and Class in the Social Construction of Argentine Women Teachers--Graciela Morgade * Part II: Multidisciplinary Interpretation of the Feminization of Teaching * Women Teachers in Mexico: Asymmetries of Power in Public Education--Regina Cortina * Educational Policies and Gender: An Assessment of the1990s in Brazil--Fúlvia Rosemberg * The Feminization of the Teaching Profession in Belgium in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries--Marc Depaepe, Hilde Lauwers, & Frank Simon * Part III: The Feminization of a Profession at the Turn of the Twentieth Century * Women and Teaching in Costa Rica in the Early Twentieth Century--Iván Molina * Society and Curriculum in the Feminization of the Teaching Profession in the Dominican Republic, 1860-1935--Juan Alfonseca * Teachers of Yesteryear: A Study of Women Educators During Porfiriato--Luz Elena Galván

Introduction--Regina Cortina and Sonsoles San Román * Part I: The Daily Encounter of Teachers with a Feminized Profession * Professional Identities of Teachers during the Social Transformation Toward Democracy in Spain--
Sonsoles San Román * Collegiality and Gender in the Elementary School Teachers’ Workplace Cultures: A Tale of Two Projects--Elisabeth Richards and Sandra Acker * State, Gender, and Class in the Social Construction of Argentine Women Teachers--Graciela Morgade * Part II: Multidisciplinary Interpretation of the Feminization of Teaching * Women Teachers in Mexico: Asymmetries of Power in Public Education--Regina Cortina * Educational Policies and Gender: An Assessment of the1990s in Brazil--Fúlvia Rosemberg * The Feminization of the Teaching Profession in Belgium in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries--Marc Depaepe, Hilde Lauwers, and Frank Simon * Part III: The Feminization of a Profession at the Turn of the Twentieth Century * Women and Teaching in Costa Rica in the Early Twentieth Century--Iván Molina * Society and Curriculum in the Feminization of the Teaching Profession in the Dominican Republic, 1860-1935--Juan Alfonseca * Teachers of Yesteryear: A Study of Women Educators During Porfiriato--Luz Elena Galván