Gender,Schooling and Work

Abstract

The need to consider gender as a central analytic concept in educational research is argued with particular reference to the relationship of schooling and job training. Differences in the experience of girls and boys in schools are discussed, with particular reference to the need to consider race and class backgrounds in any analysis of school experiences. The nature and impact of training programs in schools are then discussed. It is argued that we need to be more sensitive to the categories of class, race, and gender in both research and curricular proposals concerning the relationship of schools to the world of work.