Gender in Educational Research: A Historical Glimpse Through the Archives of Educational Philosophy and Theory

This Gender Plus Education seminar is part of the Women's Studies Research Centre's GENDER PLUS series. Although gender and feminist theory might seem like old news today, a historical examination shows these strains of thought have only been part of educational research for a relatively short time. The new text From “Aggressive Masculinity” to “Rape Culture”: A Gender and Sexualities Reader (Routledge 2018) uses sample texts from the historical archive of the leading educational research journal Educational Philosophy and Theory to explore and document the way gender and social justice have been understood over the last 5 decades. Taking its provocative title from the book end chapters of the volume — this book and some of its key themes will be explored in this session, from the perspectives of philosophy and education. The session documents through a historical perspective how gender and feminism have been taken up in philosophy of education, and…