Investigating gender : contemporary perspectives in education /
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| Imprint: | Buckingham ; Phildelphia, Pa. : Open University, 2001. |
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| Description: | ix, 222 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4629972 |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Part one. Gender as a category in educational research Gender theory and research in education modernist traditions and emerging contemporary themes Obvious, all too obvious? methodological issues in using sex/gender as a variable in educational research
- Part two. Recent developments in gender theory Using poststructuralist ideas in gender theory and research Truth is slippery stuff Beyond postmodernism feminist agency in educational research Re-searching, re-finding exploring the unconsious as a pedagogic and research practice
- Part three. Identity constructions revisited Gender and the post-school experiences of women and men with learning difficulties Issues of gender and sexuality in schools Racialisation and gendering in the (re)production of educational inequalities 'Ice white and ordinary' new perspectives on ethnicity, gender and youth cultural identities The paradox of contemporary femininities in education combining fluidity with fixity Typical boys? theorizing masculinity in educational settings Social class, gender and schooling
- Conclusion: Gender school policies and practices
- References
- Index
