Silence and Policy Talk: Historical Puzzles about Gender and Education.

Tyack, David; Hansot, Elisabeth

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ERIC Number: EJ372884

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1988

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Silence and Policy Talk: Historical Puzzles about Gender and Education.

Tyack, David; Hansot, Elisabeth

Educational Researcher, v17 n3 p33-41 Apr 1988

The complexities of institutional change and stability in terms of gender policies are analyzed. The following three questions are central to the discussion: (1) why did some policy changes take place with only minor controversy? (2) why did vehement policy talk affect practice so little? and (3) how did gender reforms alter educational opportunities? (VM)

Descriptors: Coeducation, Educational Change, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Females, Males, Sex Differences, Social Change

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Historical Materials; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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