Research Catalog

Title

Voices of hope : adolescent girls at single sex and coeducational schools / Carole B. Shmurak.

Author

Shmurak, Carole B., 1944-

Publication

New York : P. Lang, ©1998.

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Details

Description

xiii, 220 pages; 23 cm.

Summary

"Fueled by media reports of gender bias in the schools, the debate over single sex education has been recently renewed. Voices of Hope asks for a reconsideration of the framing of that debate. For whom is single sex education better? For the attainment of which goals? What do girls gain by being schooled with male peers? What is lost?" "In this longitudinal study of more than fifty high school girls at four New England independent schools, Carole B. Shmurak follows their development from ninth grade through the first year of college. Case studies capture the girls' own voices as they describe their hopes for their futures and the events that subsequently affect those futures."--Jacket.

Series Statement

Adolescent cultures, school & society, 1091-1464 ; v. 4

Uniform Title

Adolescent cultures, school & society ; v. 4.

Subject

• Girls' schools > United States > Longitudinal studies
• Coeducation > United States > Longitudinal studies
• Girls > Education (Secondary) > United States > Longitudinal studies
• Teenage girls > United States > Attitudes > Longitudinal studies
• High school students > United States > Attitudes > Longitudinal studies
• Single-sex schools > United States > Longitudinal studies
• Single-sex schools
• Coeducation
• Girls' schools
• High school students > Attitudes
• Teenage girls > Attitudes
• Koedukation
• Längsschnittuntersuchung
• High school
• Mädchenbildung
• Weibliche Jugend 15-19 Jahre
• Mädchenschule
• Coëducatie
• Meisjesscholen
• Weibliche Jugend <15-19 Jahre>
• United States
• Neuengland

Genre/Form

Longitudinal studies

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [199]-208) and indexes.

Contents

PART ONE: THE EDUCATIONAL CONTEXT: SINGLE SEX AND COEDUCATIONAL SCHOOLS: Introduction -- The single sex vs. coeducation debate -- The longitudinal study -- PART TWO: FOLLOWING THE GIRLS: CASE STUDIES: Scholastic superstars -- Students of color -- The athletes -- The scientists -- Artists and actresses -- Different drummers -- Those who left -- PART THREE: LESSONS FROM THE GIRLS: Results of the study -- Reconsiderations -- Appendices.

ISBN

• 0820438340
• 9780820438344

LCCN

97014649

OCLC

• ocm36847701
• 36847701
• SCSB-8905238

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library