Gender and early learning environments / edited by Beverly J. Irby, Genevieve H. Brown. - ix, 184 pages ; 24 cm. - Research on women and education . - Research on women and education. .

Includes bibliographical references.

"Their play is different": power, language, and gender socialization at a Waldorf daycare / Marguerite Anne Fillion Wilson -- Girls and boys, work and play: gendered meanings and participation in early childhood education / Sue Nichols -- Young children's gendered positioning and emotional scenarios in play narratives / Samara Madrid, Laurie Katz -- May I still call you honey-man: one child, vacillating gender, and the experiences of home, school, and community / Robin Fox -- On being a boy or a girl in Mrs. Sanders' first grade classroom / Paula P. Guerra Lombardi, Andrea S. Foster -- How South African teachers construct gender in the early years of schooling / Deevia Bhana -- Race, space, and girls' interactions on urban playgrounds / Eleanor R. Spindler -- A hallmark moment? / Barbara E. Polnick, Gene Polnick -- Child abuse: traumatic influences and treatment / Sandra Johnson -- Teacher education students' perceptions of gender differences in children / Linda M. Creighton.

1617353272 9781617353277 1617353280 9781617353284

2010049813


Sex differences in education
Gender identity in education
Early childhood education--Social aspects
Girls--Education (Early childhood)

LC212.9 / .G399 2011

372.1822