Gender, policy and initial teacher education
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12232247 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Christine Skelton (University of Birmingham, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 677-690 |
| Publication date | 2007-10-29 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Gender and Education (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0954-0253 • E-ISSN: 1360-0516 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/09540250701650599 |
| OpenAlex | W2017157536 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 16 |
| References cited | 19 |
An examination of gender discourses within New Labour education policy on the preparation of students for a career in teaching in the UK reveals a contradictory yet, at the same time, complementary position. In the guidelines outlining the Standards that a prospective teacher has to achieve, the ways in which gender informs pupils’ educational opportunities is ‘played down’ in that it is not addressed directly. Rather ‘gender’, along with ethnicity, social class, disability and sexuality is embedded within the broader concept of ‘diversity’. At the same time, gender is foregrounded in education policy on the recruitment of teachers with the drive by the Training and Development Agency to encourage men into primary schools. This article explores these tensions and relates these to the published research on the experiences of male primary teachers. It concludes by arguing for a recognition of student/practicing teachers’ real concerns regarding the gender issues which influence and inform their professional choices and careers rather than those set by the Government agenda
Agency (philosophy · Class (philosophy · Diversity (politics · Education policy · Ethnic group · Government (linguistics · Higher education · Human sexuality · Pedagogy · Political science · Professional development · Set (abstract data type · Social science · Sociology · Teacher education · Gender Diversity and Inequality · Gender Roles and Identity Studies · Gender Studies · Youth Education and Societal Dynamics
Gender in initial teacher education
Exploring Second-Language Teachers' Identities Through Multimodal Narratives
Gender balance/gender bias
A qualitative exploration of perceptions of masculinity and fatherhood of male school leaders
Male pre-service teachers
Build me a male role model!’ A critical exploration of the perceived qualities/characteristics of men in the early years (0–8) in England
Dialogic identities of male primary teachers in the UK
Undoing Gender Through Legislation and Schooling
Farmers Don't Dance
Confronting Homophobia at School
Doing’ gender in a rural Scottish secondary school
You're not a teacher, you're a man’
Male Preservice Teachers and Discouragement from Teaching
Failing to get men into primary teaching
Gendered discourses of facilitation in a probation learning environment
Preschool Teachers and the Discourse of Suspicion
Education and employment
Reassessing Gender and Achievement
Male Primary Teachers and Perceptions of Masculinity
The 'feminisation of schooling' or 're-masculinising' primary education?[1]
Crossing the Divide
A Study of the Career Perspectives of Male Teachers of Young Children
Heroes or zeroes? The discursive positioning of ‘underachieving boys’ in English neo‐liberal education policy
Re-thinking 'role models
Race,' Gender and the Education of Teachers
| Unique citing works | 16 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,89 |
| Citation span | 2008 - 2024 (17) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 16 |