Format:
Online Ressource (2271 KB, 188 S.)
Edition:
1. Aufl.
ISBN:
0750707496
Content:
How has feminism influenced contemporary educational practices? Is feminism relevant to todays teachers? Feminism and the Classroom Teacher undertakes a feminist analysis of the work and everyday realities of the schoolteacher, providing evidence that feminism is still relevant as a way of thinking about the social world and as a lived reality.The authors draw on a wide range of material to illustrate the histories, relationships and possible futures of feminism and teaching. The book illustrates the different layers of teachers work and examines the intellectual and practical contingencies of the classroom context through feminist analysis. The careers of teachers and the teaching career are considered, from initial recruitment through to educational leadership. International perspectives are reflected, providing insight into the development of feminist theory in different countries. Throughout the book there is a focus on the experiences of feminist teachers and the contradictory realities of feminist classrooms. The book concludes by addressing the feminist empirical project on teaching.Providing a unique contribution to the literature in the area of gender and education, the authors objective is to articulate the educational discourses of genderhow gender is constructed, performed and sustained through discourse and material practices. The overall aim of the book is to ascertain the extent to which women teachers specifically, and the feminist project more generally, have contributed to theoretical understandings and practical accomplishments of teaching.The AuthorsAmanda Coffey lectures in Sociology and Research Methods at Cardiff University. Her research interests include gender and education, the sociology of the professions and young people and citizenship. She is the author of several books and has published in a range of journals and edited collections.Sara Delamont is Reader in Sociology at Cardiff University. She has published extensively on social interaction in schools and classrooms, womens education, women intellectuals, and the anthropology of contemporary Europe.
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Description based upon print version of record
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Book Cover; Title; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Feminisms, Postfeminisms and Postmodernism; Classroom Life: The Everyday Work of the Teacher; (Re)producing and (Re)defining Knowledge(s); Gender and the Teacher's Career; Experiences and Biographies; Recruitment, Initial Training and Socialization; The Foremothers of Today's Teachers; Understanding the Profession; The Research Agenda; Conclusion; References; Index;
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0203486714
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780203486719
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Feminism and the Classroom Teacher : Research, Praxis, Pedagogy
Language:
English
Keywords:
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