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1. Schools for the Boys?

   Co-education reassessed

   By Pat Mahony

   Series: Routledge Library Editions: Education

   Do girls do better in single-sex or co-educational schools? Up to now, discussion has centred on girls’ academic achievements in single or mixed-sex groups, but Pat Mahony’s research clearly demonstrates that this is not the only issue, and that co-education is damaging for girls socially as well...

   Published December 7th 2011 by Routledge
2. Changing Teacher Professionalism

   International trends, challenges and ways forward

   Edited by Sharon Gewirtz, Pat Mahony, Ian Hextall, Alan Cribb

   Significant changes in the policy and social context of teaching over the last 30 years have had substantial implications for teacher professionalism. As the influence of central regulation and marketisation has increased, so the scope for professional influence on policy and practice has in...

   Published December 8th 2008 by Routledge
3. Reconstructing Teaching

   Standards, Performance and Accountability

   By Ian Hextall, Pat Mahony

   One of the greatest resources a school has is its staff. How teachers themselves, and their work, are defined are therefore matters of utmost importance. Major trends of increased control and 'new mangerialism' are occurring in most OECD countries, radically altering both the content and form...

   Published August 16th 2000 by Routledge
4. Women and Social Class

   International Feminist Perspectives

   Edited by Pat Mahony, Christine Zmroczek

   This volume presents debates on class within an international context. Its particular focus is on women's theorized experience of social class from a variety of feminist perspectives, contextualized in relation to the countries and regions in which they live. Using personal experience as a basis,...

   Published June 23rd 1999 by Routledge
5. Class Matters

   "Working Class" Women's Perspectives On Social Class

   Edited by Pat Mahony, Christine Zmroczek

   This text focuses on the theory of class as it relates to women. It debates questions such as: how do women define themselves in terms of social class and why?; is definition important or not?; what part does education play in our understanding of class?; and how does class affect relationships?...

   Published March 18th 1997 by Taylor & Francis