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Francis, Becky; Paechter, Carrie – Gender and Education, 2015
Developments in the field of gender theory as applied to education since the 1970s are briefly reviewed in order to highlight key challenges and debates around gender categorisation and identification in gender and education. We argue that conundrums of categorisation have haunted, and continue to haunt, the field of gender theory, and empirical…
Descriptors: Gender Issues, Educational Research, Theories, Classification
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Francis, Becky; Burke, Penny; Read, Barbara – Gender and Education, 2014
Gender distinction has been shown to characterise both undergraduate experiences and outcomes. Yet research recounted in this article supports work that shows that young people are often unaware of such trends, subscribing instead to individualist perspectives that foreground equality of opportunity and agency. This article examines the gender…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Gender Differences, Student Attitudes