EDUCATION INTO 21st CENTURY SEE PB

Book Cover......Page 1
Half-Title......Page 2
Title......Page 3
Copyright......Page 4
Contents......Page 5
Acknowledgments......Page 7
Introduction......Page 9
Part 1......Page 10
Part 2......Page 11
Part 3......Page 13
References......Page 14
1  Revisiting the Fin de Siècle: The Threat of the Educated Woman......Page 16
References......Page 24
2  ‘Why Are We Standing Still?’ Reflections from History......Page 27
Education for Social Harmony......Page 28
Elin’s Letter on Education......Page 29
Ruth......Page 30
Karin......Page 32
Straight Roads and Winding Tracks in the late 1900s......Page 33
Linking Past and Present to Challenge the Future......Page 34
References......Page 36
Women in State Schools: Central Canada......Page 39
Expanding the View: Other Regions and Individual Teachers’ Lives......Page 42
Beyond State Schools: Academy, College and University Teachers......Page 43
The Chilly Climate......Page 45
The Recent Past and the Future......Page 46
References......Page 47
Looking to the Future......Page 53
Are Girls the Winners in the Norwegian Educational System?......Page 54
Critique of the Changes from a Progressive Perspective and a Gender Perspective......Page 55
An Action Research Project on Gender Equality in 7–9-year-olds......Page 57
Challenges......Page 58
Care Work Pedagogies......Page 59
Results......Page 60
Discussion......Page 61
References......Page 62
5  Fear of ‘Disorder’? Resistance to and Fear of Female Advantage......Page 64
Women and Men in Sweden......Page 65
The Gender Equity Project—The Local Context......Page 66
Moments of Resistance......Page 67
Fear of ‘Disorder’-moments of Resistance to Demanding Girls......Page 68
Fear of ‘Disorder’-moments of Falling into the Maternal Nurturance Trap......Page 69
Fear of ‘Disorder’-moments of Resistance to Compliant Masculinity......Page 70
Moments of Equity?......Page 72
References......Page 73
6  Dis/ease: Discourses in Australian Health and Physical Education......Page 75
Health and Physical Education: How Have Girls Been Addressed?......Page 76
Prevention through Schools......Page 78
The Development of Health-related Skills......Page 79
Social Orientations......Page 80
Health and Fitness......Page 81
The ‘Problem’ of Girls and Physical Education......Page 82
Healthy Young Female Bodies?......Page 83
Conclusion......Page 85
References......Page 86
The Space-between......Page 89
Caretaking in the Classroom: What about the Boys!......Page 91
Girls, Desire and Schooling/Girls’ Desire of Schooling: Philosophical Interpretations of Desire......Page 96
The Nature of Threat: Its Relationship to Desire......Page 97
Desire and Threat As Dialectical Experiences in Girls’ Schooling......Page 98
References......Page 99
UK Debates on Gender and Education......Page 103
British Educational Reforms (1983–94)......Page 106
Outcome of the Research......Page 108
Patterns of Qualifications......Page 109
Impact of the Reforms......Page 110
Changing Student and School Cultures......Page 111
Discussion......Page 112
References......Page 114
The Wider Context......Page 117
Decreased Funding: Tightening the Screws......Page 118
Attacking Collective Bargaining and Teacher Federations......Page 120
Eliminating Employment Equity......Page 121
Gender Work in Classrooms......Page 122
References......Page 125
10  Is It Really Worthwhile? Women Chemists and Physicists in Sweden......Page 128
Women in Chemistry and Physics......Page 129
A Typical Career for Women......Page 130
Family and Science......Page 134
Resistance?......Page 136
Towards a Better Future?......Page 138
References......Page 139
Introduction......Page 140
The Relevance of the Life-history Approach to the Present Study......Page 141
The Transition from School to Work......Page 142
Marriage......Page 143
Fertility......Page 144
Women’s Coping Strategies......Page 145
Status at Work......Page 148
Conclusion......Page 149
References......Page 150
Contexts......Page 151
Experience......Page 153
Classrooms: Dialogue, Silence, listening......Page 154
Female Frequencies......Page 155
Doppler Effects......Page 157
Remedies......Page 158
References......Page 160
13  Constructing and Deconstructing ‘Girls’ as a Category of Concern......Page 163
Education and Gender Reforms in the Late Twentieth Century......Page 164
First Construction: Girls as Disadvantaged; Girls as ‘Equally Human’......Page 165
Second Construction: ‘Girl-friendly’; Girls as ‘Other’......Page 167
Third Construction/Deconstruction: ‘Girls’ as Diverse; ‘Girls’ as Active Subjects......Page 168
Constructing Agendas of Reform......Page 170
References......Page 174
14  On the (Im)possibility of Being Impertinent, Contentious, Feminist and Feminine......Page 176
Unfeminine Feminist Research......Page 177
The Questions that I Pose as a Woman, Researcher and Unique Subject......Page 179
Feminism as an Educational Challenge......Page 181
The Feminizing of the School—Whose Problem Is It?......Page 182
Education—A Submissive Subject?......Page 183
References......Page 184
Are Women Empowered through Education?......Page 186
Limiting Women......Page 188
The Deconstruction of ‘Man’......Page 189
Politics......Page 190
The Colour of Gender and the Gender of Colour......Page 192
References......Page 195
Notes on Contributors......Page 198
Index......Page 202