The Politics of Gender and Education

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Edited by Suki Ali, Shereen Benjamin and Melanie L. Mauthner

Palgrave

Due/Published November 2003, 256 pages, paper

ISBN 1403904901

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 leading edge of gender research in education. From policy issues affecting single mothers to the co-optation of 'Southern learning' into Northern contexts, this collection provides an 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.

Contents

Notes on Contributors
Introduction

PART ONE: 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 NorthSouth Learning--H.Poulsen
Boys and Underachievement in the Canadian Context: No Proof for Panic--K.G.Davison, T.A.Lovell, B.W.Frank, A.B.Vibert

PART TWO: MACRO POLICIES AND MICRO EFFECTS
Gender Equity Policy and Education: Reporting on/from Canada--L.Eyre, T.Lovell, C.A.Smith
Genderspace: Learning Online and the Implications of Gender--C.Hanson, S.Flansberg, M.Castano
Inside Leadership Circles and the Managerial Quagmire: Key Influences on Women Administrators' Mobility and Opportunity in US Higher Education--M.A.Danovitz Sagaria, M.A.Rychener

PART THREE: 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 Post-Graduate Research: Experiencing Gender and Class--S.Clegg
The Corporealty of Learning: Women Students and the Body--J.Quinn

Index