Table of Contents

Part one: Gender, power/knowledge and curriculum change

Introduction
studying curriculum change
Power, gender and curriculum
Gender, power and school subjects

Part two: Gendered marginality

Life in a marginal subject
Negotiating a new subject
the case of design and technology
Physical education, sport and the body

Part three: Students, subjects and examinations

Students and subjects
power/knowledge and integrated curricula
Discipline as examination/examination as discipline
the effects of curriculum codification on teachers, students and subjects
Conclusion
Appendix
References
Index.

About the Author

Carrie Paechter is a Lecturer in Education at the Open University. Her research interests, which developed from her experience as a mathematics teacher in London secondary schools, include the intersection of gender, power and knowledge, and the processes of curriculum negotiation in schools and higher education institutions.

Reviews

"...overall, this is a cogently argued, stimulating and very readable book with much to say on power/knowledge/ gender relations and attempts to change traditional curriculum patterns in schools. I most strongly recommend it." - Ruth Watts