Hard bargaining on the hard drive: Gender bias in the music technology classroom

Gender and Education

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 375-386

  Armstrong, Victoria ^a  

^a ST MARY'S UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Composition; Gender; Music education; Music technology; STS

Indexed keywords

EID: 46949100286     PISSN: 09540253     EISSN: 13600516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540250802190206     Document Type: Conference Paper

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