Socio-historical perspectives on the scientific education of girls in nineteenth and twentieth century England

This thesis seeks to account for the current sex-differentiation in science education as the result of a particular social process. Unlike contemporary explanations for girls' under-achievement in science in terms of biological or social-psychological factors, this work investigates to what ext...

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Main Author: Manthorpe, Catherine Anne
Other Authors: Layton, David
Published: University of Leeds 1985
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Online Access:https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.332135