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Gender relations in elite coeducational schools

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posted on 2015-09-01, 00:00 authored by Susan Bennett
Coeducational schools have long been regarded as ‘risky’ environments for girls. This ethnographic study of three elite coeducational schools in Melbourne, Australia found that while gender relations continued to be complex, girls and boys worked together as colleagues and friends and the traditional gender hierarchies were disrupted at many points.

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xii, 330 pages : tables

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  • Yes

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eng

Degree type

Research doctorate

Degree name

PhD

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The Author. All Rights Reserved

Editor/Contributor(s)

D Ollis, J Blackmore

Faculty

Faculty of Arts and Education

School

School of Education

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