Routledge Gender Tales: Tensions in the Schools (Instructors Guide Available to Professors Only)

Product Description A book of "real world" cases, this text introduces "flashpoint" issues related to gender equity in the schools. It immerses readers in the human dilemmas teachers face when they set out to provide equal opportunities for -- and to develop the abilities of -- all of their students. Each case, a true but disguised situation, presents the pedagogical concerns, ethical questions, competing values, and complexity of social change teachers face on a daily basis in their classrooms. These cases help readers to identify and understand ideas and issues by relating them to both their own and others' real-life experiences. The book includes activities and discussion questions to involve readers in critical thinking about the issues raised in the cases and in applying this knowledge to their own current or future classroom practice. Using a casebook approach, the text is organized in five sections. Designed to help readers explore the issues raised by contextualizing them in stories that are authentic and engaging, it emphasizes the teacher's role as a skilled professional who thinks critically and makes decisions, and creates lively and involved class discussion by making room for students with diverse perspectives. Review "The situations are well-chosen and described in sufficient detail to present the issues without digressing....a valuable resource for pre-service or in-service courses."—MultiCultural Review "...teacher candidates of both sexes can benefit equally from the descriptions of lessons, teaching methods, and classroom discussions that comprise a substantial portion of many cases."—Educational Studies "...an excellent springboard for fostering lively classroom discussions or quiet self-analysis on how issues of gender equity blatantly or subtly influence classroom interactions."—Educational Leadership "The cases are richly described, believable, current, relevant...and provide a balanced representation of ideological positions on the gender issues raised."—Kathleen Bennett deMarraisUniversity of Tennessee, Knoxville "Interesting, provocative....The writers have a wonderful feel for classroom relationships and school culture..."—Wilma MirandaNorthern Illinois University "Unusual for the quality of its cases and for the thoughtful exploration of issues."—Nona LyonsUniversity of Southern Maine