Published in the year 2005, World Yearboook of Education 1984 is a valuable contribution to the field of Major Works.

Sandra Acker, Jacquetta Megarry, Stanley Nisbet, Eric Hoyle

Acknowledgements, List of contributors, Preface Margaret Sutherland, 1. Introduction: sex, gender and educationjacquetta Megarry, Part 1: Theoretical perspectives, Part 2: Case studies of women and education, Part 3: The education of women in the context of other social institutions, Part 4: Women, education and social change: policies and strategies, Part 5: Bibliography and biographical notes, Bibliography, Biographical notes on contributors and editors, Index