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Knowledgeable Women
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 63.00In Knowledgeable Women Sara Delamont traces the history of women's education and the elites it produces. She examines class and gender divisions in the structure and contest of education in Britain and the USA from 1850 to the present day. Her empirical focus is of course elites - especially elite women - but the justification for this is the belief... more...
Appetites and Identities
Routledge 1994; US$ 55.95This book offers a clear, inviting and fascinating introduction to the social anthropology of Western Europe, illustrating the rich diversity of dialects, cultures and everyday lives of its peoples. more...
Inside the Secondary Classroom
Taylor and Francis 2002; US$ 36.00Focusing on pupils moving from primary to middle or secondary school, it gives a rich and detailed account of the first months of life in new schools. more...
Fieldwork in Educational Settings
RoutledgeFalmer 2001; US$ 51.95This new edition brings original, best-selling text right up-to-date for new researchers and includes a new chapter on computer software for data handling. more...
Feminist Sociology
SAGE Publications 2003; US$ 51.95Exploring the achievements of British feminist sociology in theory, methods and empirical research, Sara Delamont outlines the barriers to the development of feminism and explores contemporary challenges. She provides an unrivalled guide to the origins of feminism in the discipline of sociology, analyzes the uneasy relationships between feminists and... more...
Handbook of Qualitative Research in Education
Edward Elgar Publishing 2012; US$ 60.00The Handbook of Qualitative Research in Education offers both basic and advanced discussions of data collection, analysis and representation of all the best qualitative methods used in educational research. It contains four comprehensive yet concise sections on perspectives, settings, data collection and data analysis and representation. Authors from... more...
Sex Roles and the School (RLE Edu F)
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 100.00Schools reflect the society which surrounds them but they must also be agents of change. The last few decades have seen an explosion of research on gender and education and, in this volume the author examines in a rigorous but highly accessible way, new research findings and new strategies for change, continuing to argue that both sexes lose out from... more...
Feminism and the Classroom Teacher
Taylor and Francis 2002; US$ 54.95How has feminism influenced contemporary educational practices? Is feminism relevant to today's teachers? Feminism and the Classroom Teacher undertakes a feminist analysis of the work and everyday realities of the school teacher, providing evidence that feminism is still relevant as a way of thinking about the social work and as a lived reality.... more...
Successful Research Careers
McGraw-Hill Education 2007; US$ 63.95It is not hard to be a research active academic, or to build a research group, or to create a research culture. Here are sensible strategies available to everyone, and that empower everyone in higher education. Seizing the opportunities, refusing to be a victim, and ¿ most importantly ¿ learning how the system works, are among the strategies available... more...
The Nineteenth-century Woman
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 115.00This collection of papers draws on insights from social anthropology to illuminate historical material, and presents a set of closely integrated studies on the inter-connections between feminism and medical, social and educational ideas in the nineteenth century. Throughout the book evidence from both the USA and UK shows that feminists had to operate... more...









