The Montgomery
Center for Research in Child and Adolescent Development
The mission of the Montgomery Center for
Research in Child and Adolescent Development is to promote a better
understanding of normal and abnormal child and adolescent development, with an
emphasis on understanding the role of gender -- which means not only
differences between female and male, but also variations among girls
and among boys.
MCRCAD is a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation,
chartered in 2002. Part of the mission of MCRCAD is to promote gender awareness
in K-12 education. “Promoting gender awareness” can take many forms, including
– but by no means limited to – offering single-gender classrooms for those
parents who prefer that format. More information on this point is available at
our partner web site, the National Association for Choice in Education, www.4schoolchoice.org.
The founder and director of MCRCAD is Leonard
Sax MD PhD. More information about Dr. Sax is available at his personal web
site, www.leonardsax.com.
For information about Dr. Sax’s
workshop
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information about Dr. Sax’s workshop
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From 2009 through 2012, MCRCAD published Advances
in Gender and Education (A.G.E.), a peer-reviewed journal. The first issue
was published in October 2009; the second issue, in October 2010, the third and
perhaps final issue, in October 2012. There are no plans for another issue at
this time.
In the words of Senior Editor Professor Margaret Ferrara,
"The topics in the journal cover a wide range of subjects including educational theory, educational practice, and interactions between gender and race/ethnicity/SES in the classroom. The journal also opens the door for discussions on sex differences in physiology, psychology, sociology, art and culture, and historical perspectives on gender in education. Our hope is that a better understanding of gender influences and practices in our education initiatives will set the stage for expanding educational and cultural horizons, as well as breaking down gender stereotypes."
The third issue was distributed
(in hard copy) to all attendees at the 8th International Conference
on Single-Gender Education, October 2012 in Houston Texas. We plan to post PDFs
of all articles from issue #3 at this site in the near future.
PDFs of all articles from issues
#1 and #2 are available below.
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