TY - JOUR
T1 - When science is strangely alluring
T2 - Interrogating the masculinist and heteronormative nature of primary school science
AU - Letts, William
N1 - Imported on 12 Apr 2017 - DigiTool details were: Journal title (773t) = Gender and Education. ISSNs: 0954-0253;
PY - 2001
Y1 - 2001
N2 - Starting from the literature that interrogates the gendered nature of science and school science, this article considers the ways in which primary school science is masculinist and heteronormative. The author takes up Jane Miller's (1991) notion of the seductiveness of grand narratives (in this case school science) to envision the largely implicit ways in which school science may attract or repel certain students and teachers. Using this framework, the author 'reads' examples from the realms of pedagogy, curriculum and policy in primary school science, and concludes by examining some of the reasons why it is important to critically probe how these heterogendered boundaries are produced and reproduced with/in school science.
AB - Starting from the literature that interrogates the gendered nature of science and school science, this article considers the ways in which primary school science is masculinist and heteronormative. The author takes up Jane Miller's (1991) notion of the seductiveness of grand narratives (in this case school science) to envision the largely implicit ways in which school science may attract or repel certain students and teachers. Using this framework, the author 'reads' examples from the realms of pedagogy, curriculum and policy in primary school science, and concludes by examining some of the reasons why it is important to critically probe how these heterogendered boundaries are produced and reproduced with/in school science.
U2 - 10.1080/09540250120063553
DO - 10.1080/09540250120063553
M3 - Article
VL - 13
SP - 261
EP - 274
JO - Gender and Education
JF - Gender and Education
SN - 0954-0253
IS - 3
ER -