Yvon Appleby
Biographic Data
| ID | 6154536 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Yvon Appleby |
| GIVEN NAMES | Yvon |
| FAMILY NAME | Appleby |
| SIGNATURE | APPLEBY Y |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Sheffield |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 22 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1992 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Critical perspectives on practitioner research
(2009). Critical perspectives on practitioner research: introduction to the special edition. Studies in the Education of Adults: Vol. 41, No. 2, pp. 107-117
The new skills agenda
The last five years have seen a radical transformation in adult education in England with a concentrated emphasis on national basic skills provision. This was prompted initially by a government response to low levels of literacy in the British adult population, identified by an influential international survey, showing unfavourable comparisons with other European countries. The response to the disclosure that seven million adults in England were …
Decidedly Different’
Lesbian women's experiences of education frequently occurs within a contradictory public relationship: their identity ‘woman’ is usually ‘visible’ whilst their identity ‘lesbian’ remains generally ‘invisible’ ‐ both in educational settings and within wider educational discourses. By drawing upon examples of self‐understanding of lesbian identity this paper discusses the meanings and connections between these two identities from the perspectives o…
Heterosexuality
Out in the Margins
Using a social construction model of both disability and lesbianism this paper focuses on the intersection of these two identities in questioning the accessibility of the lesbian community to women who are both lesbian and disabled. Whilst many physical barriers and lack awareness can contribute to the exclusion of disabled lesbian women from the lesbian community, so also can the unquestioned assumptions by many ablebodied lesbian women that dis…
Disability and `Compulsory Heterosexuality
The new skills agenda
The last five years have seen a radical transformation in adult education in England with a concentrated emphasis on national basic skills provision. This was prompted initially by a government response to low levels of literacy in the British adult population, identified by an influential international survey, showing unfavourable comparisons with other European countries. The response to the disclosure that seven million adults in England were …
Out in the Margins
Using a social construction model of both disability and lesbianism this paper focuses on the intersection of these two identities in questioning the accessibility of the lesbian community to women who are both lesbian and disabled. Whilst many physical barriers and lack awareness can contribute to the exclusion of disabled lesbian women from the lesbian community, so also can the unquestioned assumptions by many ablebodied lesbian women that dis…
Decidedly Different’
Lesbian women's experiences of education frequently occurs within a contradictory public relationship: their identity ‘woman’ is usually ‘visible’ whilst their identity ‘lesbian’ remains generally ‘invisible’ ‐ both in educational settings and within wider educational discourses. By drawing upon examples of self‐understanding of lesbian identity this paper discusses the meanings and connections between these two identities from the perspectives o…
Disability and `Compulsory Heterosexuality
Heterosexuality
Disability and `Compulsory Heterosexuality
Out in the Margins
Using a social construction model of both disability and lesbianism this paper focuses on the intersection of these two identities in questioning the accessibility of the lesbian community to women who are both lesbian and disabled. Whilst many physical barriers and lack awareness can contribute to the exclusion of disabled lesbian women from the lesbian community, so also can the unquestioned assumptions by many ablebodied lesbian women that dis…
Heterosexuality
Decidedly Different’
Lesbian women's experiences of education frequently occurs within a contradictory public relationship: their identity ‘woman’ is usually ‘visible’ whilst their identity ‘lesbian’ remains generally ‘invisible’ ‐ both in educational settings and within wider educational discourses. By drawing upon examples of self‐understanding of lesbian identity this paper discusses the meanings and connections between these two identities from the perspectives o…
The new skills agenda
The last five years have seen a radical transformation in adult education in England with a concentrated emphasis on national basic skills provision. This was prompted initially by a government response to low levels of literacy in the British adult population, identified by an influential international survey, showing unfavourable comparisons with other European countries. The response to the disclosure that seven million adults in England were …
Critical perspectives on practitioner research
(2009). Critical perspectives on practitioner research: introduction to the special edition. Studies in the Education of Adults: Vol. 41, No. 2, pp. 107-117
Sociology (6 works) · Gender Studies (4 works) · Gender Studies (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Political science (3 works) · Aesthetics (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Education Systems and Policy (2 works) · Heterosexuality (2 works) · Homosexuality (2 works)