A Model for Gender-inclusive School Science: Lessons from Feminist Scholarship

In many parts of the world, programs have been introduced to encourage girls and women into science, but the numbers participating, particularly in the physical sciences and in science-related careers, are still small. This raises the question of whether there is a better way for educationists to rethink the interaction of gender and science. In this chapter I suggest that the work of feminist scholars, particularly in relation to the image of science, provides an appropriate starting point for such rethinking.