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Whatever Happened to Equal Opportunities in Schools?: Gender Equality Initiatives in Educationreviewed by Melanie Uttech - 2002 Title: Whatever Happened to Equal Opportunities in Schools?: Gender Equality Initiatives in Education Author(s): Kate Myers (Editor) Publisher: Open University Press, Buckingham ISBN: 0335203035 , Pages: , Year: 1999 Search for book at Amazon.com Societal actions of today are deeply rooted in history, yet what
is no longer seen is too often quickly forgotten. The collection of
articles titled Whatever Happened to Equal Opportunities in
Schools?: Gender Equality Initiatives in Education edited by
Kate Myers (2000), serves as a reminder of the painstaking gender
work of the 1970s and 1980s in the United Kingdom. It offers a rare
glimpse into policy designed to improve gender equity in education,
and the ensuing practice at the local level, from multiple insider
perspectives. The book’s strength and uniqueness come from
the diverse experiences of the authors who were instrumental in
gender and anti-sexist work during this time period. Leonard
reminds us, "We have lost the recent past; this matters for the
future, for without this knowledge we are condemned to repetition,
to rediscovering and saying again from the start what was said in
1900 and 1968 and 1988, rather than updating and moving on" (p.
181). There are many lessons to be... (preview truncated at 150 words.)To view the full-text for this article you must be signed-in with the appropriate membership. Please review your options below:
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