The Role of Gender in Educational Contexts and Outcomes

Volume 47 of Advances in Child Development and Behavior includes chapters that highlight some the most recent research in the area of gender in educational, contexts and outcomes.

A wide array of topics are discussed in detail, including sexism, race and gender issues, sexual orientation, single-sex education, and physical education.

Each chapter provides in-depth discussions, and this volume serves as an invaluable resource for developmental or educational psychology researchers, scholars, and students.

1. Motivation in Educational Contexts: Does Gender Matter?
2. Gender-related Academic and Occupational Interests and Goals
3. Developmental Interventions to Address the STEM Gender Gap:  Exploring Intended and Unintended Consequences
4. Physical Education, Sports, and Gender in Schools
5. Gendered-Peer Relationships in Educational Contexts
6. Sexism in Schools
7. Analysis and Evaluation of the Rationales for Single-Sex Schooling
8. Factors Affecting Academic Achievement among Sexual Minority and Gender-Variant Youth
9. Framing Black Boys: Parent, Teacher, and Student Narratives of the Academic Lives of Black Boys
10. Creating Developmentally Auspicious School Environments for African American Boys