We are pleased to announce the following calls for papers; all three are fantastic opportunities and promise to be exciting events! 1. Neoliberalism, work and gender education (deadline for abstracts is 6 July) NGEWContinue reading
Category: Gender and Education Journal
Boffins and geeks: geek or chic?
The labels swot, ear ’ole, boffin, keeno, geek and nerd resonate meaningfully across generations of school-goers and echo through the terrains of popular culture. Our Gender and Education viewpoint started life as a conversation aboutContinue reading
Female Paths to Adulthood in a Country of ‘Genderless Gender’
As a researcher, there are situations when some discussions with interviewees or colleagues start to tickle our brains and cry out for getting analysed and reanalysed. Share on Facebook Tweet about it Subscribe to theContinue reading
Gender representation and social justice: Ideology, methodology and smoke-screens
This article in Gender and Education 27.3 was born out of a commitment to contribute to the United Nations Millennium Goals related to gender equality. The commitment was not only mine as author, but alsoContinue reading
Catholic Daughters: the Mother Daughter Nexus
For my PhD research on the Catholic mother-daughter relationship I decided to turn the analytical lens on myself. I discussed the idea with a friend, who suggested examining the mother-daughter relationship. I phoned my motherContinue reading
Shaping Futures and Feminisms: The Qur’anic School in the West African Francophone Novel
Following the intense scrutiny to which Islamic societies and cultures have been subjected in the recent past, I was intrigued by the excessive emphasis on the nexus between terrorism and Islam. In particular, I noticedContinue reading
Similarities and differences in collegiality / managerialism in Irish and Australian universities
This article developed from collaboration between the authors in late 2008 when Kate was a visiting researcher at the University of Limerick, funded by the Irish Research Council for the Humanities and Social Sciences. AtContinue reading
Slippage and/or symbolism: gender, policy and educational governance in Scotland and Sweden
The co-authors of this article have been working together in Sweden (Elisabet Öhrn & Gaby Weiner) and in Scotland (Gaby Weiner & Joan Forbes) for a number of years. The idea for this policy studyContinue reading
Gender, community and education: cultures of resistance in Socialist Sunday Schools and Black Supplementary Schools
I started the historical research that is the basis for my article in the upcoming Gender and Education issue (23:6) in 2007. At this time, New Labour’s policy emphasis on ‘empowerment’ through community cohesion, regenerationContinue reading
Accessions: Researching, Designing Higher Education
My piece ‘Accessions: Researching, Designing Higher Education’ in Gender and Education (23:6) reports on the experiences, effects and (dis)engagements in working alongside designers – as part of a research-design team – to foster a moreContinue reading
