ABSTRACT
This collection offers a unique opportunity to host an international forum on contemporary feminist theory and practice in education. The book gathers together contributions from leading feminist educators in five different countries. Each author examines contemporary feminist theory, politics and/or practice in their own national context. After more than twenty years of feminist education research, policy development and innovative school practice, it seems appropriate to make some attempt to evaluate the impact and significance of this worldwide struggle for social justice. At the same time, the recent restructuring of educational provision (whether in the name of sex equality of the ideologies of the New Right) also requires a considered response from those committed to promoting greater social equality. The work of each of the authors represents therefore both an evaluation of the past and a contribution to the continuing transformation of feminist educational agendas which are suited to the political and economic conditions which prevail in the 1990s.
