The Politics of Gender and Education: Critical Perspectives

by S. Ali, S. Benjamin, M. Mauthner

Overview

What are the politics of gender within education? How are the issues of gender being explored in diverse educational settings? Does gender still matter in education? This book draws together the work from an international array of authors working at the cutting edge of gender research in education. From policy issues affecting single mothers to the incorporation of 'Southern learning' into Northern contexts, this collection provides a compelling argument for renewed engagement with gender issues at both macro and micro political levels within the full range of educational contexts - from primary to higher education.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781403904904
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	11/18/2003
Edition description:	2004
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.47(d)

About the Author

JACKY BRINE is Professor of Education and the University of the West of England, Bristol, UK
MARIANNE S. CASTANO is currently completing her doctoral dissertation at the Harvard Graduate School of Education's Human Development and Psychology program, USA
SUE CLEGG is Professor of Educational Research and Deputy Director of the Learning and Teaching Research Institute at Sheffield Hallam University
MIRIAM E. DAVID is Director of the Graduate School of Social Sciences and Professor of Policy Studies in Education at Keele University, UK
KEVIN G. DAVISON is currently completing his doctorate with the Department of Education at the University of South Australia, Adelaide and is a part-time faculty member at the Department of Education at Mount Saint Vincent University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
LINDA EYRE is Professor in the Faculty of Education, University of New Brunswick, Canada
SUNDRA FLANSBURG is Director of the Women's Education Equity Act Resource Centre at Education Development Center, USA
BLYE W. FRANK is Professor in the Division of Medical Education and Director of Faculty Development in the Faculty of Medicine at Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada
KATHERINE HANSON directs the Gender and Diversities Institute at the Education Development Center, USA
TRUDY A. LOVELL is currently completing her doctorate with the Department of Education at the University of South Australia, Adelaide and is a part-time faculty member at the Department of Education at Mount Saint Vincent University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
HELEN POULSEN is a social development consultant working in the education sector
JOCEY QUINN is Research Fellow at the Institute for Access Studies, Staffordshire University
MELISSA A. RYCHENER is a PhD candidate in the Higher Education programme at the School of Educational Policy and Leadership, Ohio State University, USA
MARY ANN DANOWITZ SAGARIA is Associate Professor and Interim Director of the School of Educational Policy and Leadership at the Ohio State University
CAROL ANN SMITH is an independent scholar
ANN B. VIBERT is Associate Professor in the Department of Education at Mount Saint Vincent University in Halifax, Canada
SUE WEBB is Senior Lecturer and director of the Institute for Lifelong Learning in the School of Education, University of Sheffield, UK

Table of Contents

Notes on the Editors and Contributors Introduction PART I: POLITICAL AND POLICY CONTEXTS A Feminist Critique of Public Policy Discourse about Educational Effectiveness; M.E.David Turning it Around: Debating Approaches to Gender and North-South Learning; H.Poulsen Boys and Underachievement in the Canadian Context: No Proof for Panic; K.G.Davison, T.A.Lovell, B.W.Frank and A.B.Vibert PART II: MACRO POLICIES AND MICRO EFFECTS Gender Equity Policy and Education: Reporting on/from Canada; L.Eyre, T.A.Lovell and C.A.Smith Genderspace: Learning Online and the Implications of Gender; C.Hanson, S.Flansberg and M.S.Castano Inside Leadership Circles and the Managerial Quagmire: Key Influences on Women Administrators' Mobility and Opportunity in US Higher Education; M.A.Danowitz Sagaria and M.A.Rychener PART III: POLITICISING EDUCATIONAL IDENTITIES Feet of Class and Relations of Power; J.Brine Gender, Identity and Social Change: Understanding Adults' Learner Careers; S.Webb Diverse Identities in Postgraduate Research: Experiencing Gender and Class; S.Clegg The Corporealty of Learning: Women Students and the Body; J.Quinn Index