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McLeod, Julie; Wright, Katie – Journal of Educational Administration and History, 2012
The promise of the new underpins much educational reform discourse, from utopian strands and grand gestures to more formulaic rhetoric found in declarations of new policies for new times. Informed by genealogical and feminist approaches, this essay introduces some conceptual frameworks for analysing such expressions of hopefulness and newness in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Change, Feminism, Educational Policy
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Baker, Joanne – Gender and Education, 2010
The prevalence of the discourse of "successful girls" (and failing boys) in Australia and internationally has been widely documented. Against the much-vaunted lifting of barriers to opportunity for girls and women, it might reasonably be expected that their educational experiences and career paths are expressive of wider opportunities,…
Descriptors: Feminism, Qualitative Research, Females, Foreign Countries