Download or read book Answering Back written by Jill Blackmore and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2004-01-14 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Answering Back exposes the volatility of gender reform in many different schools and classrooms. It tells stories in close up and from below, allowing everyone to talk: anxious boys, naughty girls, cantankerous teachers, pontificating principals and feisty feminists. This book challenges many sacred ideas about gender reform in schools and will surprise and unsettle teachers and researchers. It draws on a deep knowledge of gender issues in schools and of feminist theories, policies and practices. It is compelling and provocative reading at the leading edge.