Breaking Boundaries: Women In Higher Education

by Val Walsh (Editor), Louise Morley (Editor)

Overview

This text presents evidence of the work and action of feminists in academia and shows that there is still much to be done before academia is a safe and welcoming environment for women. Women integrate their experience with theory to document and challenge the obstacles to equality and difference.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780748405190
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	08/21/1996
Series:	Gender and Higher Education Mini Series
Pages:	192
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Interdisciplinary ideals and institutional impediments - a case study of postgraduate provision, Elizabeth Bird; mothering and education - reflexivity and feminist methodology, Miriam David et al; the power of numbers - quantitative data and equal opportunities research, Mairead Dunne; deaf women academics in higher education, Ruth Elaine Gibson; Irish women in higher education in England - from invisibility to recognition, Breda Gray and Louise Ryan; women and disability in higher education - a literature search, Alessandra Iantaffi; women and careers in higher education - what is the problem?, Christine Heward; women in management education - the token topic?, Pat Hornby and Sue Shaw; equal opportunities and higher education, Maggie Humm; good practices, bad attitudes - an examination of the factors influencing women's academic careers, Jane Kettle; in the prime of their lives? older women in higher education, Meg Maguire; interrogating patriarchy - the challenges of feminist research, Louise Morley; activists as change agents - achievements and limitations, Liz Price and Judy Priest; black women's inclusion in professional and management education, Catharine Ross; terms of engagement - pedagogy as a healing politic, Val Walsh.

Editorial Reviews

'... this is an interesting collection of essays which deserves wide reading from all those involved in Women's Studies and higher education.' - New Era iin Education

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