Investigating Gender : Contemporary Perspectives in Education

by Francis, Becky; Skelton, Christine

• ISBN13: 9780335207879
• ISBN10: 0335207871
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-03-01
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill

Summary

"This is an excellent account of the dilemmas and opportunities facing contemporary theories of gender and education. The book brings together some of the most sophisticated researchers in the field to demonstrate the power, the mysteries and the complexities of the concept of identity. The case for a new approach to gender theory is convincing and exciting. Teachers, academics and policy makers need to recognise the value of such contemporary concerns."- Madeleine Arnot, University of Cambridge.Investigating Gender maps the contemporary and developing theoretical debates in the field of gender and education, and provides an overview of the diverse areas of research within gender and education.Contributions have been commissioned from recognised experts in the field in order to provide a comprehensive reader on gender and education for undergraduate students. The book will also provide stimulating reading for postgraduate students and academics.Recent changes, developments and challenges in the field are outlined in the first section of the book. It also catalogues the influence of research in this area on policy in the UK context. The second section focuses on recent innovations in theoretical debates in gender and education. Overviews of research developments in particular subject areas (such as sexuality, social class, masculinity etc) are provided in the third section, where contributors draw on their own research findings to illustrate the discussion.

Table of Contents

List of contributors	vii
Introduction	1	(8)
Becky Francis
Christine Skelton
Part 1: Gender as a category in educational research	9	(30)
Gender theory and research in education: modernist traditions and emerging contemporary themes	11	(16)
Jo-Anne Dillabough
Obvious, all too obvious? Methodological issues in using sex/gender as a variable in educational research	27	(12)
Martyn Hammersley
Part 2: Recent developments in gender theory	39	(52)
Using poststructuralist ideas in gender theory and research	41	(11)
Carrie Paechter
Truth is slippery stuff	52	(13)
Wendy Cealey Harrison
Beyond postmodernism: feminist agency in educational research	65	(12)
Becky Francis
`Re-searching, re-finding, re-making': exploring the unconscious as a pedagogic and research practice	77	(14)
Lynn Raphael Reed
Part 3: Identity constructions revisited	91	(105)
Gender and the post-school experiences of women and men with learning difficulties	93	(23)
Sheila Riddell
Stephen Baron
Alastair Wilson
Issues of gender and sexuality in schools	116	(10)
Mary Jane Kehily
Racialization and gendering in the (re) production of educational inequalities	126	(13)
Ann Phoenix
`Ice white and ordinary': new perspectives on ethnicity, gender and youth cultural identities	139	(13)
Anoop Nayak
The paradox of contemporary femininities in education: combining fluidity with fixity	152	(12)
Diane Reay
Typical boys? Theorizing masculinity in educational settings	164	(13)
Christine Skelton
Social class, gender and schooling	177	(12)
Helen Lucey
Endnotes: gender, school policies and practices	189	(7)
Christine Skelton
Becky Francis
References	196	(23)
Index	219