Answering Back - Girls, Boys and Feminism in Schools

Answering Back exposes the volatility of gender reform in many different schools and classrooms. It tells stories in close up and from below, allowing everyone to talk: anxious boys, naughty girls, cantankerous teachers, pontificating principals and feisty feminists.

This book challenges many sacred ideas about gender reform in schools and will surprise and unsettle teachers and researchers. It draws on a deep knowledge of gender issues in schools and of feminist theories, policies and practices. It is compelling and provocative reading at the leading edge.

List of contents

Introduction 1 That mysterious gap ‘between hope and happening’ 2 Success 3 Knowledge 4 Power 5 Emotion 6 Responsibility, Conclusion

About the author

Jill Blackmore, Jane Kenway, Leonie Rennie, Sue Willis

Summary

Answering Back exposes the volatility of gender reform in many different schools and classrooms, drawing on feminist theories, policies and practices, and challenging many sacred ideas of gender reform in schools.

Product details

• Authors: Jill Blackmore, Blackmore Jill, Jane Kenway, Kenway Jane, Leonie Rennie, Rennie Leonie, Sue Willis, Willis Sue
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.01.1998
• EAN: 9780415181914
• ISBN: 978-0-415-18191-4
• No. of pages: 250
• Weight: 340 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries; EDUCATION / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Feminism & Feminist Theory, Moral and social purpose of education, Philosophy and theory of education, Feminism and feminist theory, Moral & social purpose of education