Gender in Policy and Practice Perspectives on Single Sex and Coeducational Schooling

Exposing the complexity of single-sex schooling, this book sheds new light on how gender operates in policy and practice in education. The essays collected in this volume cover a wide range of U.S. and international institutions from K-12 to higher education in both public and private school. Detailing the educational experiences of both young men and women, this collection examines how schooling shapes - and is shaped by - the social construction of gender in history and in contemporary society.

This book exposes the complexity of single-sex schooling, and sheds new light on how gender operates in policy and practice in education. The essays collected in this volume cover a wide range of institutions, including K-12 and higher education, public and private schools, and schools in the US and beyond. Detailing the educational experiences of both young men and women, this collection examines how schooling shapes-and is shaped by- the social construction of gender in history and in contemporary society.

Part I: Introduction and Background 1. Introduction Amanda Datnow and Lea Hubbard 2. What Do We Know about the Effects of Single-Sex Schools in the Private Sector: What Are the Implications for Public Schools? Cornelius Riordan 3. Challenging the System: Assumptions and Data behind the Push for Single-Sex Schooling Patricia B. Campbell and Jo Sanders 4. The Legality of Single-Sex Education in the United States: Sometimes Equal Means Different Rosemary Salomone Part II: Public Single-Sex Schooling in Changing Policy Contexts 5. The Intersection of Educational Reforms: Single-Gender Academies in a Public Middle School Kathryn Herr and Emily Arms 6. Engendering Public Education: Single-Sex Schooling in Western Canada Kathy Sanford and Heather Blair 7. Are Single-Sex Schools Sustainable in the Public Sector? Lea Hubbard and Amanda Datnow Part III: The Transition from Single-Sex and Coeducation 8. The Transition to Coeducation at Wheaton College: Conscious Coeducation and Gender Equity in Higher Education Alan R. Sadovnik and Susan F. Semel 9. Conservative Intent, Liberating Outcomes: The History of Coordinate Colleges for Women Leslie Miller-Bernal 10. Gender Integration at Virginia Military Institute and the United States Military Academy at West Point Diane Diamond and Michael Kimmel 11. Studying Gender Consciousness in Single-Sex and Coeducational High Schools Patricia Schmuck, Nancy G. Nagel , and Celeste Brody Part IV: Single-Sex Schooling and Students' Attitudes and Experiences in School 12. Single-Sex Classes: Girls and Boys See It Differently Janice Streitmatter 13. Single-Gender or Coeducation for Middle-School Girls: Does It Make a Difference in Math? Judith Gilson 14. Participation in Science Courses in the Final Year of High School in Australia: The Influences of Single-Sex and Coeducational Schools John Ainley and Peter Daly Part V: Constructions of Gender in Single-Sex Schooling 15. Girls in the Company of Girls: Social Relations and Gender Construction in Single-Sex Drama Education Kathleen Gallagher 16. Constructions of Masculinity in California's Single-Gender Academies Elisabeth L. Woody 17. Constructions of Gender in Parents' Choice of a Single-Sex School for Their Daughters Barbara Heather

Amanda Datnow is Assistant Professor in the Department of Theory and Policy Studies in Education at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE) of the University of Toronto. Lea Hubbard is Assistant Research Scientist in the Sociology Department at the University of California, San Diego. They are co-authors of the forthcoming Extending Educational Reform (RoutledgeFalmer, 2002).