The Politics of Gender and Education : Critical Perspectives

What are the politics of gender within education? How are the issues of gender being explored in diverse educational settings?

Does gender still matter in education? This book draws together the work from an international array of authors working at the cutting edge of gender research in education.

From policy issues affecting single mothers to the incorporation of 'Southern learning' into Northern contexts, this collection provides a compelling argument for renewed engagement with gender issues at both macro and micro political levels within the full range of educational contexts from primary to higher education.

JACKY BRINE is Professor of Education and the University of the West of England, Bristol, UK MARIANNE S.

CASTANO is currently completing her doctoral dissertation at the Harvard Graduate School of Education's Human Development and Psychology program, USA SUE CLEGG is Professor of Educational Research and Deputy Director of the Learning and Teaching Research Institute at Sheffield Hallam University MIRIAM E.

DAVID is Director of the Graduate School of Social Sciences and Professor of Policy Studies in Education at Keele University, UK KEVIN G. DAVISON is currently completing his doctorate with the Department of Education at the University of South Australia, Adelaide and is a part-time faculty member at the Department of Education at Mount Saint Vincent University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada LINDA EYRE is Professor in the Faculty of Education, University of New Brunswick, Canada SUNDRA FLANSBURG is Director of the Women's Education Equity Act Resource Centre at Education Development Center, USA BLYE W.

FRANK is Professor in the Division of Medical Education and Director of Faculty Development in the Faculty of Medicine at Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada KATHERINE HANSON directs the Gender and Diversities Institute at the Education Development Center, USA TRUDY A.

LOVELL is currently completing her doctorate with the Department of Education at the University of South Australia, Adelaide and is a part-time faculty member at the Department of Education at Mount Saint Vincent University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada HELEN POULSEN is a social development consultant working in the education sector JOCEY QUINN is Research Fellow at the Institute for Access Studies, Staffordshire University MELISSA A. RYCHENER is a PhD candidate