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Special Issue: Thinking Education Feminisms: Engagements with the Work of Diana Leonard
Call for Papers Many readers of Gender and Education will remember Diana Leonard, who died aged 68 on 27 November 2010, and most will be familiar with some aspect of her work. Diana was aContinue reading
DIANA LEONARD: FEMINIST ACTIVIST, ACADEMIC SOCIOLOGIST AND EDUCATOR
Diana Mary Leonard, who has died aged 68 of endometrial cancer after a stubborn struggle, was a feisty and fiery feminist academic and activist. She was one of the originators of feminist sociology in theContinue reading
Single-sex and co-educational schooling
The debate about the relative merits and disadvantages of single-sex and co-educational schooling, like the debate about single-sex classes in mixed schools, is long running and shows no sign of abating. Although research on, andContinue reading
GEA Conferences
1997: University of Warwick Conference organisers: Christina Hughes and Rosemary Preston Plenary speakers included Miriam David and Bronwyn Davies 1999: University of Warwick Conference organisers: Christina Hughes and Rosemary Preston Conference theme: Voices in GenderContinue reading
Single-Sex Classes
In the 1970s and 1980s many feminists argued that single-sex schooling was an important way of addressing girls’ underachievement in schooling. Now, in many countries, the boys’ ‘underachievement’ debate has brought a focus on usingContinue reading
