NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 6 results Save | Export
Sext Education: Pedagogies of Sex, Gender and Shame in the Schoolyards of "Tagged" and "Exposed"
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Dobson, Amy Shields; Ringrose, Jessica – Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 2016
In this paper, we explore how what we term "sext education" pedagogies intersect with young people's understandings of, and talk about, sexting through a feminist analysis of two cyber-safety campaign films: "Tagged" from Australia and "Exposed" from the UK. The films tell alarming stories about the ways in which…
Descriptors: Sex Education, Sexuality, Qualitative Research, Films
Distinctiveness, Deference and Dominance in Black Caribbean Fathers' Engagement with Public Schools in London and New York City
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Wallace, Derron – Gender and Education, 2017
In the US and UK, Black fatherhood has long been steeped in narratives of pathology. Despite the promotion of nuanced understandings of Black fatherhood in recent scholarship, research on Black fathers' positive engagement with urban schools remains remarkably limited. This article adds to the literature by highlighting the strategies Black…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Blacks, African Americans, Immigrants
"Oh Yeah--Is She a He-She?" Female to Male Transgendered Pupils in the Formal and Informal Cultures of an English Secondary School
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
O'Flynn, Sarah – Pedagogy, Culture and Society, 2016
Recent research suggests that trans* pupils are subject to much trans-exclusionary practice in schools and find there is little positive change in attitudes, despite statutory requirements and greater recognition of trans* identities. This paper explores the ways in which two female to male trans* pupils in a London girls' school were excluded in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Sexual Identity, Secondary School Students, Masculinity
The Submergence and Re-Emergence of Gender in Undergraduate Accounts of University Experience
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
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
Men Accessing Education: Masculinities, Identifications and Widening Participation
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Burke, Penny Jane – British Journal of Sociology of Education, 2007
Drawing on ESRC-funded research (RES-000-22-0832), this article examines the accounts of men participating in London access and foundation programs in relation to their shifting masculine identifications. The author considers how the men's early memories of schooling shape their student masculinities. Their accounts are contextualized in relation…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Foundation Programs, Males, Masculinity
Theorising Inner-City Masculinities: "Race," Class, Gender and Education.
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Archer, Louise; Yamashita, Hiromi – Gender and Education, 2003
Discusses how to theorize diverse, working-class male students' masculinities within an inner-city, multicultural context. Data from discussions with boys at one inner-city London school are used to illustrate the boys' complex constructions of culturally entangled masculinities. Examines boys' constructions of "bad boy" masculinities…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Gender Issues, Inner City