Revisiting feminism and Australian education

Who speaks? What questions? What contexts? What impact

Bibliographic Data

ID2932670
AuthorsLyn Yates (0000-0002-0646-2500, The University of Melbourne, corresponding author)
Year2008
Volume29
Issue4
Pages471-481
Publication date2008-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueDiscourse Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0159-6306 • E-ISSN: 1469-3739
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/01596300802410193
OpenAlexW2040672437
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited11

This article revisits the development of feminist research and policy in education in Australia in the mid-1970s to mid-1980s from the perspective of the present decade. The purpose is to give one insider's account of the specificities of that initial period, and to use that analysis to draw attention to changes evident in the context and agendas of work today, as well as to contribute to a broader reflection on the contribution and limitations of feminism's engagement with schooling theoretically and practically. The article discusses first the notable rapid growth and impact of feminist work in education in the Australian context, and some of the demographic and economic conditions that made this possible. Second, it analyses the focus of feminist work in that period and draws attention to some notable shifts of interest between that period and the present. More generally it considers the kinds of contributions and limitations of feminism to research and action on curriculum and schooling as a system, and to an interest in subjectivity within schooling

Curriculum · Epistemology · Feminism · Insider · Pedagogy · Political science · Social science · Sociology · Subjectivity · Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy · Gender Roles and Identity Studies · Gender Studies · Global Educational Policies and Reforms · History · Law

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