"'Sometimes I Can Be Anything': Power, Gender, and Identity in a Primary Classroom," by Karen Gallas. Book Review.

Marshall, Elizabeth

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ERIC Number: EJ631463

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Publication Date: 1999

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"'Sometimes I Can Be Anything': Power, Gender, and Identity in a Primary Classroom," by Karen Gallas. Book Review.

Marshall, Elizabeth

Early Childhood Research Quarterly, v14 n4 p579-82 1999

Maintains that Gallas' book exemplifies her talent for and commitment to teacher research and that it richly documents students' social worlds. Asserts that two aspects of the investigation are problematic: the use of a male/female polarity that sometimes reifies stereotypes, and the consistent disavowal of racism in children. (Author/KB)

Descriptors: Book Reviews, Classroom Environment, Discourse Analysis, Elementary School Students, Gender Issues, Power Structure, Primary Education, Racial Identification, Sex Differences, Teacher Researchers

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Language: English

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