Art, Education and Gender

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Why do girls study art and why do girls become primary teachers? This book examines and reveals the powerful influence of the family, the school and the state in shaping female identity and constructing notions of gender appropriateness. It also discusses the status of art at school and the position of women artists in society.

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Gill Hopper is Lecturer in Art and Design at the University of Reading, UK. Before working in higher education, she was employed as a teacher and then deputy head teacher by the London Borough of Newham.

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