Student and teacher experiences of gender equity in Australian secondary schools : gender matters / by Susanne Gannon, Kerry H. Robinson, Prue Adams, Erika K. Smith.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gannon, Susanne.

Series:

Palgrave Studies in Gender and Education, 2524-6453

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Schools.

Sex.

Teachers--Training of.

Teachers.

Educational sociology.

School and Schooling.

School Research.

Gender Studies.

Teaching and Teacher Education.

Sociology of Education.

Local Subjects:

School and Schooling.

School Research.

Gender Studies.

Teaching and Teacher Education.

Sociology of Education.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (209 pages)

Edition:

1st ed. 2026.

Place of Publication:

Cham : Springer Nature Switzerland : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2026.

Summary:

This book examines how young people and those who work with them think, feel, experience and represent gender in Australian secondary schools. In the Australian Capital Territory and New South Wales, the authors engaged with culturally diverse recent school leavers across all sectors of schooling, in focus groups, interviews and a series of arts-based workshops. The findings provide important evidence of the need for a more sustained and coherent commitment from all levels of government as well as within schools to pursuing gender justice if young people are to flourish and exit their schooling equipped to participate in a democratic, inclusive and equitable society. The book will appeal to students and academics who are interested in teacher education and the sociology of gender, as well as teachers and policymakers who are keen to better understand the complexities and necessities of pursuing gender justice in schools. Susanne Gannon is Professor in the School of Education at Western Sydney University, Australia. Kerry H. Robinson is Professor in the School of Social Sciences at Western Sydney University, Australia. Prue Adams is a researcher in the School of Education at Western Sydney University, Australia. Erika K. Smith is Lecturer in the School of Social Sciences at Western Sydney University, Australia.

Contents:

Chapter 1: Why gender now?

Chapter 2: Politicising gender: Public scandals and private subversions

Chapter 3: Regulating gender: Pedagogy, curriculum and schooling practices

Chapter 4: Challenging gender: Moving beyond binaries

Chapter 5: Spatialising gender: Safe and unsafe spaces and places in and out of schools

Chapter 6: Crafting Gender: Creative in(ter)ventions

Chapter 7: Generation gender: young people navigating gender politics and challenging inequalities

Chapter 8: Reframing gender and schooling.

ISBN:

3-032-10779-2