This new Reader brings together classic pieces of gender theory, as well as examples of the sophistication of contemporary gender theory and research methodologies in the field of education. Leading international gender researchers address current debates about gender, power, identity and culture and concerns about boys’ and girls’ schooling, gender achievement patterns, the boys’ education debate, and gender relationships in the curriculum, the classroom and youth cultures. The Reader is divided into six sections which reflect contemporary concerns about Gender and Education: Gender and Educational Theory Difference and Power Identity Work Knowledge and Pedagogy Reflexivity and Risk Gender and Citizenship. A specially written Introduction from the editors, both experts in feminist and masculinity research, provides a much-needed context to the current educational climate. Undergraduates, postgraduates and academics interested in education, gender studies and women’s studies will find this a stimulating and important resource. The analysis of the gender dimensions of the curriculum, teaching and alternative pedagogies also provide important insights for practitioners wishing to promote gender equality.
Author(s): M. Arnot
Edition: 1
Year: 2006
Language: English
Pages: 304
BOOK COVER......Page 1
HALF-TITLE......Page 2
SERIES TITLE......Page 3
TITLE......Page 4
COPYRIGHT......Page 5
CONTENTS......Page 6
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS......Page 12
1. (RE)CONTEXTUALISING GENDER STUDIES IN EDUCATION: SCHOOLING IN LATE MODERNITY......Page 14
PART 1: GENDER AND EDUCATIONAL THEORY......Page 28
2. GENDER THEORY AND RESEARCH IN EDUCATION: MODERNIST TRADITIONS AND EMERGING CONTEMPORARY THEMES......Page 30
3. TROUBLING BOYS AND DISTURBING DISCOURSES ON MASCULINITY AND SCHOOLING: A FEMINIST EXPLORATION OF CURRENT DEBATES AND INTERVENTIONS CONCERNING BOYS IN SCHOOL......Page 46
4. EDUCATION AND GENDER IDENTITY: SEEKING FRAMEWORKS OF UNDERSTANDING......Page 62
PART 2: DIFFERENCE AND POWER......Page 72
5. PERFORMATIVE ACTS AND GENDER CONSTITUTION: AN ESSAY IN PHENOMENOLOGY AND FEMINIST THEORY......Page 74
6. IDENTITY, ABJECTION AND OTHERNESS: CREATING THE SELF, CREATING DIFFERENCE......Page 85
7. MASCULINE DOMINATION: PERMANENCE AND CHANGE......Page 104
8. THE BIG PICTURE: MASCULINITIES IN RECENT WORLD HISTORY......Page 114
PART 3: IDENTITY WORK......Page 128
9. ‘SPICE GIRLS’, ‘NICE GIRLS’, ‘GIRLIES’, AND ‘TOMBOYS’: GENDER DISCOURSES, GIRLS’ CULTURES AND FEMININITIES IN THE PRIMARY CLASSROOM......Page 130
10. ‘LADS AND LAUGHTER’: HUMOUR AND THE PRODUCTION OF HETEROSEXUAL HIERARCHIES......Page 144
11. GENDER-BLIND RACISM IN THE EXPERIENCE OF SCHOOLING AND IDENTITY FORMATION......Page 160
PART 4. KNOWLEDGE AND PEDAGOGY......Page 174
12. BOYS DON’T WRITE ROMANCE: THE CONSTRUCTION OF KNOWLEDGE AND SOCIALGENDER IDENTITIES IN ENGLISH CLASSROOMS......Page 176
13. BEYOND THE BIRDS AND THE BEES: CONSTITUTING A DISCOURSE OF EROTICS IN SEXUALITY EDUCATION......Page 193
14. POWER, BODIES AND IDENTITY: HOW DIFFERENT FORMS OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION CONSTRUCT VARYING MASCULINITIES AND FEMININITIES IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS......Page 207
15. MASCULINITY, VIOLENCE AND SCHOOLING: CHALLENGING ‘POISONOUS PEDAGOGIES’......Page 219
PART 5: REFLEXIVITY AND RISK......Page 234
16. WORKING OUT INTIMACY: YOUNG PEOPLE AND FRIENDSHIP IN AN AGE OF REFLEXIVITY......Page 236
17. UNEASY HYBRIDS: PSYCHOSOCIAL ASPECTS OF BECOMING EDUCATIONALLY SUCCESSFUL FOR WORKING-CLASS YOUNG WOMEN......Page 251
18. NOMADIC SUBJECTS: YOUNG BLACK WOMEN IN BRITAIN......Page 265
19. CITIZENSHIP AND THE SELF-MADE GIRL......Page 281
INDEX......Page 296
