ABSTRACT

This book provides a valuable route map to the development of thinking in gender and education over the last fifteen years. It includes over thirty-five seminal articles from the journal Gender and Education, written by many of the leading authors in the field from the UK, the USA, Australia and Europe.

Compiled by the current editors of the journal to show the development of the field, the book is divided into six sections:

* Gender Identities
* Theory and Method
* Policy and Management
* Sexuality
* Ethnicity
* Social Class.

The specially written introduction by the editors contextualises the selection and introduces students to the main issues and current thinking in the field. Available in one easy-to-access place, this authoritative reference book provides a collection of articles that have lead the field. It should find a place in every library and on every departmental bookshelf.

part |75 pages

Gender Identities

chapter |14 pages

Pupils, Resistance and Gender Codes

A Study of Classroom Encounters

chapter |13 pages

‘Girlies on the Warpath'

Addressing Gender in Initial Teacher Education

chapter |17 pages

Masculinity, Violence and Schooling

Challenging ‘Poisonous Pedagogies'

chapter |15 pages

‘Spice Girls', ‘Nice Girls', ‘Girlies’ and ‘Tomboys’

Gender Discourses, Girls' Cultures and Femininities in The Primary Classroom

chapter |14 pages

Reproducing Traditional Femininities?

The Social Relations of ‘Special Educational Needs' in a Girls’ Comprehensive School

part |25 pages

Theoretical Debate

chapter |14 pages

The Subject of Post-Structuralism

A Reply to Alison Jones

part |75 pages

Education Policy and Management

chapter |11 pages

Equal Opportunities

Rhetoric or Action

chapter |14 pages

Making a Difference

Women in Management in Australian and Canadian Faculties of Education

chapter |18 pages

Consumerism and Gender in an Era of School Choice

A Look At Us Charter Schools

chapter |14 pages

Death to Critique and Dissent?

The Policies and Practices of New Managerialism and of ‘Evidence-Based Practice'

part |29 pages

History

chapter |9 pages

Viewpoint: A Lost Dimension

The Political Education Of Women In The Suffragette Movement In Edwardian Britain

chapter |18 pages

To ‘Blaise The Trail For Women To Follow Along'

Sex, Gender And The Politics Of Education On The London School Board, 1870–1904

part |49 pages

Sexuality

chapter |19 pages

Walking Through Walls

The Sexual Harassment of High School Girls

chapter |11 pages

Boyz' Own Stories

Masculinities and Sexualities in Schools

part |38 pages

Ethnicity

chapter |17 pages

Modern Traditions?

British Muslim Women And Academic Achievement

chapter |19 pages

Theorising Inner-City Masculinities

‘Race', Class, Gender And Education

part |32 pages

Social Class

chapter |15 pages

Shaun's Story

Troubling Discourses of White Working-Class Masculinities

chapter |15 pages

Uneasy Hybrids

Psychosocial Aspects of Becoming Educationally Successful for Working-Class Young Women