ABSTRACT

In January 1995, we organized, on behalf of UNESCO, a colloquium at the Institute of Education on the theme ‘Is there a pedagogy for girls?’. The outcome of the colloquium was to contribute to the World Education Report on the education of women and girls. The driving force for UNESCO was, within a global frame, a shift from access issues in education for girls, towards a focus on what happens to girls within the classroom. Their concern was girls’ performance, and whether traditional approaches to learning and pedagogy favoured boys in some way.