The Politics of Gender and Education : Critical Perspectives

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. Cover......Page 1 Contents......Page 6 Notes on the Editors and Contributors......Page 8 Introduction......Page 14 Part I Political and Policy Contexts......Page 20 1 A Feminist Critique of Public Policy Discourses about Educational Effectiveness......Page 22 2 Turning it Around: Debating Approaches to Gender and North–South Learning......Page 43 3 Boys and Underachievement in the Canadian Context: No Proof for Panic......Page 63 Part II Macro Policies and Micro Effects......Page 78 4 Gender Equity Policy and Education: Reporting on/from Canada......Page 80 5 Genderspace: Learning Online and the Implications of Gender......Page 100 6 Inside Leadership Circles and the Managerial Quagmire: Key Influences on Women Administrators’ Mobility and Opportunity in US Higher Education......Page 116 Part III Politicising Educational Identities......Page 130 7 Feet of Class and Relations of Power......Page 132 8 Gender, Identity and Social Change: Understanding Adults’ Learner Careers......Page 148 9 Diverse Identities in Postgraduate Research: Experiencing Gender and Class......Page 167 10 The Corporeality of Learning: Women Students and the Body......Page 187 Index......Page 202 Is gender still important in education policy? How is gender invoked in educational contexts? What are the new politics of gender and education? The Politics of Gender and Edcuation: Critical Perspectives, brings together exciting new empirical research from a range of perspectives and contexts. Focusing on both the micropolitics of gender in educational institutions, the complexities of student learner identities and the context of broader macropolitical and policy developments, this collection provides/offers provocative insights from well established academics and newer researchers. The contributors are all based in Norther countries, yet they address crucial issues from both global and local perspectives. This work, at the cutting edge of theoretical developments in education research highlights the importance of cross-cultural links for feminist work in education. This collection raises new challenges for edcuators: for gender to remain at the top of the educational agenda, and for the politics of gender to shape the future of all education

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 co-optation 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.

Edited By Suki Ali, Shereen Benjamin, Melanie Mauthner. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.