Gender balance/gender bias: The teaching profession and the impact of feminisation

Gender and Education

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 309-323

  Drudy, Sheelagh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Competence; Feminisation; Gender; Profession; Role models; Teaching

Indexed keywords

EID: 46849109964     PISSN: 09540253     EISSN: 13600516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540250802190156     Document Type: Conference Paper

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