Identity, gender, and tracking : the reality of boundaries for veterinary students /

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"Using in-depth interviews with veterinary students, Identity, Gender, and Tracking: The Reality of Boundaries for Veterinary Students explores the experience of enrollment in an educational program that tracks students based on the species of animals that they wish to treat. The identity of a...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Vermilya, Jenny R. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: West Lafayette, Indiana : Purdue University Press, [2022]
Series:New directions in the human-animal bond.
Subjects:
Veterinary specialties > Social aspects > Case studies.
Veterinary medicine > Vocational guidance > Social aspects > Case studies.
Sexism in higher education > Case studies.
Veterinary medicine > Study and teaching > Social aspects.
Veterinary students > Interviews.
Track system (Education)
Veterinary medicine > Study and teaching.
Education, Veterinary
Médecine vétérinaire > Étude et enseignement.
Médecine vétérinaire > Spécialités > Aspect social > Études de cas.
Sexisme dans l'enseignement supérieur > Études de cas.
Médecine vétérinaire > Étude et enseignement > Aspect social.
Étudiants en médecine vétérinaire > Entretiens.
Placement des élèves en groupes de niveaux.
MEDICAL > Veterinary Medicine > General.
Women.
Gender equality.
Veterinary medicine > Educational tracking > Border species
Case Reports
Case studies.
Ethnographies.
Études de cas.
Études ethnographiques.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Part 1. The Backstory
  • 1. Boundaries, Social Construction, and Tracking: An Introduction
  • 2. A Sociologist at Veterinary College: Research Methods
  • Part 2. The Stories
  • 3. Treatment Discourses and the Privileging of Knowledge
  • 4. Learning to Care: Collective Identity Work in the Tracking System
  • 5. Contesting Horses: The Equine Concentration as a Border Track
  • 6. Gendered Boundary Work in a Feminized Field
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix A: Advertisement for Participants
  • Appendix B: Interview Guide

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