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MacGill, Belinda; Whitehead, Kay; Rigney, Lester – History of Education Review, 2022
Purpose: This article explores the childhood, professional life and social activism of Alice Rigney (1942-2017) who became Australia's first Aboriginal woman principal in 1986. Design/methodology/approach: The article draws on interviews with Alice Rigney along with newspapers, education department correspondence and reports of relevant…
Descriptors: Educational History, Women Administrators, Indigenous Populations, Principals
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Larraine Larri; Hilary Whitehouse – Gender and Education, 2024
This paper reflects on the ecofeminist educational implications of research findings about Australia's Knitting Nannas' Against Gas and Greed (a.k.a. The Nannas') experiences of peer-to-peer, environmental activist learning. Aspects of this unique and successful suite of informal learning practices devised by the Nannas guided by their Nannafesto,…
Descriptors: Educational Gerontology, Foreign Countries, Gender Bias, Age Discrimination
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Kylie Smith; Sonja Arndt – Global Studies of Childhood, 2024
This response to the question about what we are angry about and what we dream of for young children reflects our work of over 30 years in Australasia. For Kylie in Australia and for Sonja in Aotearoa New Zealand and now also Australia. We direct the RECE common call, for an elevation of children's rights, to a voice, to a 'good' education, and to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Education, Early Childhood Teachers, Childrens Rights
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Keddie, Amanda; Hewson-Munro, Shelley; Halafoff, Anna; Delaney, Maria; Flood, Michael – Gender and Education, 2023
The contemporary #MeToo moment has led to renewed concern about issues of masculinity and gender justice. This moment provides a strong warrant for critically analyzing different programmes for boys and men in relation to their capacity for gender transformation. This paper presents three such programmes located in Victoria (Australia) as case…
Descriptors: Masculinity, Males, Foreign Countries, Gender Issues
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Gabriel, Deborah – Gender and Education, 2021
The articles in this themed issue explore global educational experiences that embrace various cultures, traditions, religions and identities. Collectively this work offers valuable insights into unexplored areas of research, illuminating issues that intersect across race, ethnicity and gender. The significance of these studies lies in the…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Race, Ethnicity, Power Structure