Naomi Rudoe
Biographic Data
| ID | 770059 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Naomi Rudoe |
| GIVEN NAMES | Naomi |
| FAMILY NAME | Rudoe |
| SIGNATURE | RUDOE N |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Westminster |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4782-490X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 23 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
The main thing I worry about is being approachable enough
The role of parents in communicating with their children about relationships and sex is receiving increasing attention from policy makers and commentators, both in respect of the recent introduction of statutory relationships and sex education in schools and of rising levels of violence against women in England. While a small body of literature has examined parent-child communication about relationships and sex from parents’ perspectives, this ar…
Parental attitudes to school- and home-based relationships, sex and health education
Subsequent to the introduction of compulsory relationships and health education in primary schools and relationships and sex education and health education (RSHE) in secondary schools in England from 2020, this paper examines the attitudes of parents towards school-and home-based RSHE.Using data from a survey of parents (n = 849) of children at 37 independent schools in England and Wales, we analysed parental attitudes towards school-parent commu…
We believe in every child as an individual’
This article addresses the issue of ‘quality’ in early years education, with the aim of highlighting the voices of nursery school head teachers. Government early years achievement statistics display a reductive and de‐contextualised focus on young children’s developmental outcomes, with measures of the percentage of 5‐year‐olds achieving a ‘good level of development’ at the end of the Early Years Foundation Stage. Early years practitioner underst…
Lesbian and gay teachers and sex/uality education policy enactment in schools
This paper examines lesbian and gay teachers’ identities and experiences in schools in the context of school policies relating to homophobia and to sex and sexuality education. Drawing on semi-structured interviews with 12 lesbian and gay teachers working in English and Welsh schools, and using the concept of ‘policy enactment’, I analyse the ways in which school policies around homo/bi/transphobic bullying and sex/uality education and their enac…
Becoming a young mother
As part of New Labour’s commitment to reducing social exclusion, their Teenage Pregnancy Strategy (1999–2010) aimed to reduce teenage conceptions in England and Wales and to increase the participation of young parents in education, employment and training. The Coalition government, while discontinuing the Strategy, has increased the focus on early intervention, parenting and targeted support for ‘troubled families’. This article examines teenage …
School exclusion and educational inclusion of pregnant young women
This article analyses the school exclusion and subsequent educational inclusion of pregnant young women participating in a course of antenatal and key skills education at an alternative educational setting. It examines the young women's transitions from 'failure' in school to 'success' in motherhood and re-engagement with education. This article draws on participant observation- and interview-based research carried out with pregnant young women a…
Lesbian teachers' identity, power and the public/private boundary
This article examines lesbian teachers' negotiation of the public/private boundary in the school, focusing on identity management in the context of the heterosexualised space of this public institution. The study is based on interviews conducted with six lesbian teachers working in London secondary schools. I examine the teachers' responses, and the ways in which they mediate the 'polite' silences in relation to lesbian and gay sexuality, as situ…
Lesbian Motherhood
Motherhood, choice and the British media
In this paper we ask: How is motherhood being represented in the British media, especially in relation to choice, age and fertility? Do media discourses reflect a redefinition or transformation of 'motherhood' in the twenty-first century, and what implications do they have for feminist research into maternal identity and motherhood? As three Ph.D. students from The Open University, all working on different aspects of motherhood, we examine and di…
Motherhood, choice and the British media
In this paper we ask: How is motherhood being represented in the British media, especially in relation to choice, age and fertility? Do media discourses reflect a redefinition or transformation of 'motherhood' in the twenty-first century, and what implications do they have for feminist research into maternal identity and motherhood? As three Ph.D. students from The Open University, all working on different aspects of motherhood, we examine and di…
Becoming a young mother
As part of New Labour’s commitment to reducing social exclusion, their Teenage Pregnancy Strategy (1999–2010) aimed to reduce teenage conceptions in England and Wales and to increase the participation of young parents in education, employment and training. The Coalition government, while discontinuing the Strategy, has increased the focus on early intervention, parenting and targeted support for ‘troubled families’. This article examines teenage …
Lesbian and gay teachers and sex/uality education policy enactment in schools
This paper examines lesbian and gay teachers’ identities and experiences in schools in the context of school policies relating to homophobia and to sex and sexuality education. Drawing on semi-structured interviews with 12 lesbian and gay teachers working in English and Welsh schools, and using the concept of ‘policy enactment’, I analyse the ways in which school policies around homo/bi/transphobic bullying and sex/uality education and their enac…
School exclusion and educational inclusion of pregnant young women
This article analyses the school exclusion and subsequent educational inclusion of pregnant young women participating in a course of antenatal and key skills education at an alternative educational setting. It examines the young women's transitions from 'failure' in school to 'success' in motherhood and re-engagement with education. This article draws on participant observation- and interview-based research carried out with pregnant young women a…
We believe in every child as an individual’
This article addresses the issue of ‘quality’ in early years education, with the aim of highlighting the voices of nursery school head teachers. Government early years achievement statistics display a reductive and de‐contextualised focus on young children’s developmental outcomes, with measures of the percentage of 5‐year‐olds achieving a ‘good level of development’ at the end of the Early Years Foundation Stage. Early years practitioner underst…
Lesbian Motherhood
Motherhood, choice and the British media
In this paper we ask: How is motherhood being represented in the British media, especially in relation to choice, age and fertility? Do media discourses reflect a redefinition or transformation of 'motherhood' in the twenty-first century, and what implications do they have for feminist research into maternal identity and motherhood? As three Ph.D. students from The Open University, all working on different aspects of motherhood, we examine and di…
Lesbian teachers' identity, power and the public/private boundary
This article examines lesbian teachers' negotiation of the public/private boundary in the school, focusing on identity management in the context of the heterosexualised space of this public institution. The study is based on interviews conducted with six lesbian teachers working in London secondary schools. I examine the teachers' responses, and the ways in which they mediate the 'polite' silences in relation to lesbian and gay sexuality, as situ…
Lesbian Motherhood
School exclusion and educational inclusion of pregnant young women
This article analyses the school exclusion and subsequent educational inclusion of pregnant young women participating in a course of antenatal and key skills education at an alternative educational setting. It examines the young women's transitions from 'failure' in school to 'success' in motherhood and re-engagement with education. This article draws on participant observation- and interview-based research carried out with pregnant young women a…
Becoming a young mother
As part of New Labour’s commitment to reducing social exclusion, their Teenage Pregnancy Strategy (1999–2010) aimed to reduce teenage conceptions in England and Wales and to increase the participation of young parents in education, employment and training. The Coalition government, while discontinuing the Strategy, has increased the focus on early intervention, parenting and targeted support for ‘troubled families’. This article examines teenage …
Lesbian and gay teachers and sex/uality education policy enactment in schools
This paper examines lesbian and gay teachers’ identities and experiences in schools in the context of school policies relating to homophobia and to sex and sexuality education. Drawing on semi-structured interviews with 12 lesbian and gay teachers working in English and Welsh schools, and using the concept of ‘policy enactment’, I analyse the ways in which school policies around homo/bi/transphobic bullying and sex/uality education and their enac…
We believe in every child as an individual’
This article addresses the issue of ‘quality’ in early years education, with the aim of highlighting the voices of nursery school head teachers. Government early years achievement statistics display a reductive and de‐contextualised focus on young children’s developmental outcomes, with measures of the percentage of 5‐year‐olds achieving a ‘good level of development’ at the end of the Early Years Foundation Stage. Early years practitioner underst…
Parental attitudes to school- and home-based relationships, sex and health education
Subsequent to the introduction of compulsory relationships and health education in primary schools and relationships and sex education and health education (RSHE) in secondary schools in England from 2020, this paper examines the attitudes of parents towards school-and home-based RSHE.Using data from a survey of parents (n = 849) of children at 37 independent schools in England and Wales, we analysed parental attitudes towards school-parent commu…
The main thing I worry about is being approachable enough
The role of parents in communicating with their children about relationships and sex is receiving increasing attention from policy makers and commentators, both in respect of the recent introduction of statutory relationships and sex education in schools and of rising levels of violence against women in England. While a small body of literature has examined parent-child communication about relationships and sex from parents’ perspectives, this ar…
Psychology (8 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Gender Studies (5 works) · Developmental psychology (4 works) · Gender Roles and Identity Studies (4 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · Homelessness and Social Issues (3 works) · Lesbian (3 works) · Pedagogy (3 works) · Political science (3 works)