A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal

Exploring the possibilities of gender equality pedagogy in an era of marketization




AuthorsHanna Ylöstalo, Kristiina Brunila

PublisherRoutledge

Publication year2018

JournalGender and Education

Journal name in sourceGender and Education

Volume30

Issue7

First page 917

Last page933

Number of pages17

ISSN0954-0253

eISSN1360-0516

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1080/09540253.2017.1376042(external)


Abstract

In this article, we research and revisit our own experiences of gender
equality work to determine the societal and discursive power relations
that have shaped gender equality. We conducted our study in Finland, a
‘Nordic model of gender equality’, but we argue that these results have
worldwide relevance, especially since Nordic models of gender equality
and education have been exported globally. By combining earlier
research, our own extensive experience of conducting gender equality
work, and previous literature on feminist pedagogy, we examine the
possibilities of what we call ‘gender equality pedagogy’ in an era of
marketization. To develop the concept of gender equality pedagogy, we
ask how combining an analysis of gender equality work with feminist
pedagogy can help to acknowledge and utilize power relations. We suggest
that understanding gender equality work as a form of pedagogic practice
might help overcome some of the barriers that gender equality work has
encountered for decades.



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