Transdisciplinary Perspectives in Educational Research 3 Marie Carlson Brynja E. Halldórsdóttir Branislava Baranović Ann-Sofie Holm Sirpa Lappalainen Andrea Spehar Editors Gender and Education in Politics, Policy and Practice Transdisciplinary Perspectives Transdisciplinary Perspectives in Educational Research Volume 3 SeriesEditor DennisBeach,Education,HögskolaniBorås,Borås,Sweden ThisbookseriespresentsanddiscussestopicalthemesofEuropeanandinternational educationalresearchinthe21stcentury.Itprovideseducationalresearchers,policy makersandpractitionerswithup-to-datetheories,evidenceandinsightsinEuropean educational research. It captures research findings from different educational con- textsandsystemsandconcentratesonthekeycontemporaryinterestsineducational research,suchas21st centurylearning,newlearningenvironments, global citizen- ship and well-being. It approaches these issues from various angles, including empirical, philosophical, political, critical and theoretical perspectives. The series brings together authors from across a range of geographical, socio-political and culturalcontexts,andfromdifferentacademiclevels. The book series works closely with the networks of the European Educational Research Association. It builds on work and insights that are forged there but also goeswellbeyondtheEERAscopetoembraceawiderrangeoftopicsandthemesin aninternationalperspective. Moreinformationaboutthisseriesathttps://link.springer.com/bookseries/16480 (cid:129) (cid:129) Marie Carlson Brynja E. Halldórsdóttir ć (cid:129) fi (cid:129) Branislava Baranovi Ann-So e Holm (cid:129) Sirpa Lappalainen Andrea Spehar Editors Gender and Education in Politics, Policy and Practice Transdisciplinary Perspectives Editors MarieCarlson BrynjaE.Halldórsdóttir DepartmentofSociologyandWork DepartmentofInternationalStudiesof Science Education UniversityofGothenburg UniversityofIceland Gothenburg,Sweden Reykjavík,Iceland BranislavaBaranović Ann-SofieHolm InstituteforSocialResearchinZagreb DepartmentofEducationandSpecialEducation Zagreb,Croatia UniversityofGothenburg Gothenburg,Sweden SirpaLappalainen DepartmentofSocialSciences AndreaSpehar UniversityofEasternFinland DepartmentofPoliticalScience Joensuu,Finland UniversityofGothenburg Gothenburg,Sweden ISSN2662-6691 ISSN2662-6705 (electronic) TransdisciplinaryPerspectivesinEducationalResearch ISBN978-3-030-80901-0 ISBN978-3-030-80902-7 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-80902-7 ©TheEditor(s)(ifapplicable)andTheAuthor(s),underexclusivelicensetoSpringerNatureSwitzerland AG2021 Thisworkissubjecttocopyright.AllrightsaresolelyandexclusivelylicensedbythePublisher,whether thewholeorpartofthematerialisconcerned,specificallytherightsoftranslation,reprinting,reuseof illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similarordissimilarmethodologynowknownorhereafterdeveloped. Theuseofgeneraldescriptivenames,registerednames,trademarks,servicemarks,etc.inthispublication doesnotimply,evenintheabsenceofaspecificstatement,thatsuchnamesareexemptfromtherelevant protectivelawsandregulationsandthereforefreeforgeneraluse. The publisher, the authors, and the editorsare safeto assume that the adviceand informationin this bookarebelievedtobetrueandaccurateatthedateofpublication.Neitherthepublishernortheauthorsor theeditorsgiveawarranty,expressedorimplied,withrespecttothematerialcontainedhereinorforany errorsoromissionsthatmayhavebeenmade.Thepublisherremainsneutralwithregardtojurisdictional claimsinpublishedmapsandinstitutionalaffiliations. ThisSpringerimprintispublishedbytheregisteredcompanySpringerNatureSwitzerlandAG Theregisteredcompanyaddressis:Gewerbestrasse11,6330Cham,Switzerland Preface Theworkforthisvolumestarted25–27April2019withacollaborativeworkshopin Istanbul. Through mainly a cooperation between SU Gender, Sabancı University, Gender and Women’s Studies Center of Excellence in Istanbul, the Swedish ResearchInstituteinIstanbul,andUniversityofGothenburg,scholarsandactivists from twelve countries and diverse academic disciplines presented papers and key- notesonthetheme“GenderandEducationinaLocalandGlobalContext:Turkish and Swedish Perspectives and Beyond.” The work continued in September 2019, when findings from the workshop were presented in the “Gender and Education network, 33,” at the “European Educational Conference on Educational Research, (ECER)” in Hamburg. At the conference, the group extended with an invitation to participateintheanthologyandoneoftheeditorswasaddedtotheteam. Wewouldliketoextendoursinceregratituderegardingsupportwereceivedfor the workshop in Istanbul, which became the starting point and inspiration for this volume.ThisworkshopwasmadepossiblebyfundingfromTheSwedishFounda- tion for Humanities and Social Sciences. SU Gender, Sabancı University, and Gender and Women’s Studies Center of Excellence have been supportive helping tomakethisworkshopplace—especiallythroughAyşeGülAltınay,theDirectorof SUGender,andthecoordinator,ZeynepGülruGöker.Wealsowouldliketothank the vice director Olof Heilo and Helin Topal at the Swedish Research Institute in IstanbulwhohavefacilitatedthisacademiccooperationaswellastheUniversityof Gothenburg. Furthermore, we would like thank all of the academics, authors, and administratorswhohelpedusmakethisvolumeareality.Ourthanksalsogotothe Editorial Board of EERA the Book Series on Educational Research and to the feedback from the series’ editor. We are also very grateful to the reviewers for v vi Preface their comments on all chapters; this helped us considerably toimprove our anthol- ogy.Andfinally,wewouldliketothankAstridNoordermeerandGideonPhilipat Springerforthesupportwereceivedwhilecompletingthemanuscript. Gothenburg,Sweden MarieCarlson Reykjavík,Iceland BrynjaE.Halldórsdóttir Zagreb,Croatia BranislavaBaranović Gothenburg,Sweden Ann-SofieHolm Joensuu,Finland SirpaLappalainen Gothenburg,Sweden AndreaSpehar Contents 1 Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 MarieCarlsonandBrynjaE.Halldórsdóttir PartI GenderedContinuitiesandChallengesinEducation/Higher Education:Policy/Politics 2 ReflectionsontheEmergence,HistoryandContemporary TrendsinNordicResearchonGenderandEducation. . . .. . . . . .. 17 ElinaLahelma,ElisabetÖhrn,andGabyWeiner 3 HowGenderandEconomic,CulturalandSocialCapitalInfluence EducationalDecisionsofStudentsintheCroatianContext?. . . . . . 35 BranislavaBaranovićandSilviaRogošić 4 Equality,DiversityandInclusion:HowCanDiversityPractice ChallengeRacism,SexismandWhitePrivilegeintheGlobalised Academy?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 PaulaMählck 5 IntersectionalGenderAnalysisinCurriculumforPrimary TeacherEducationinSweden. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 SignildRisenforsandKerstinvonBrömssen PartII ChallengingInequalitiesinFormalandInformalEducational Contexts 6 Women’sEmpowermentThroughLifelongLearning: TheCaseofEmpowermentandLiteracyProgramme forYoungWomeninTurkey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 EceÖztan,AyşegülŞahinkaya,AydınYücesanDurgunoğlu, DuyguAşık,Mustafa(Uğur)Kaya,andMeltemCantürk vii viii Contents 7 LearningtoResist“Othering”:OntheSwedishUrbanJustice Movement’sLearningProcessesinRacializedUrban Landscapes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 RenéLeón-Rosales 8 CitizenshipintheMakinginTurkey:FromGenderedPassive CitizenstotheEnactingCitizens. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 TubaKancı PartIII RethinkingGenderedValuesandNormsinEducation 9 TheMakingofNeoliberalBoys:UnpackingtheConstruction of‘RealBoyness’inIndonesianandSwedishEarlyChildhood EducationSettings. . .. . . . . . .. . . . . .. . . . . . .. . . . . . .. . . . . .. . 147 VinaAdrianyandAnetteHellman 10 GenderedDiscoursesonPerformance,WorkandTalent inSwedishSecondarySchools. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165 Ann-SofieHolmandElisabetÖhrn 11 PolicyandPracticeinFinland:Teachers’andStudyCounsellors’ Gender-StereotypedPerceptions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181 KatarinaPerander,MonicaLonden,andGunillaHolm 12 GenderinLanguageEducationandCivicOrientationforAdult MigrantsinSweden:AStudyofPolicyDocumentsandTeaching Materials. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193 MarieCarlson,AndreaSpehar,andKerstinvonBrömssen About the Editors MarieCarlson isProfessorEmeritusofSociology,attheDepartmentofSociology and Work Science, University of Gothenburg, Sweden. Her research interest includes the sociology of education with a special focus on ethnicity/migration, multilingualism, gender, class, and power. After her PhD dissertation on Turkish immigrantwomen’sencounterswiththeSwedishwelfarestateintermsoflanguage courses, she has worked in several transnational and multidisciplinary research projects; e.g. Student mobility in Asia and Future Citizens in Pedagogical Texts and Educational Policies. Among book publications: Education in ’Multicultural’ Societies:TurkishandSwedishPerspectives(2007;translatedtoTurkish2011).Her workhasappeared,amongothers,inthejournalsGenderandEducation,Education Inquiry,EERJ,andTRaNS:Trans-RegionalandNationalStudiesofSoutheastAsia. ShewasaboardmemberoftheSwedishResearchInstituteinIstanbul(2010–2018). She is also a co-convenor of network 33, Gender and Education within EERA (European Educational Research Association). Currently, she is a part of 3-year project in Iceland on immigrant women’s experience of intimate partner and employment-basedviolence.E-mail:[email protected] BrynjaE.Halldórsdóttir istheChairoftheDepartmentofInternationalStudiesof EducationattheUniversityofIcelandandassociateprofessorintheDepartmentof EducationandDiversity.SheholdsadoctorateinComparativeInternationalDevel- opmentEducationfromtheUniversityofMinnesota.Herdissertationwasacritical ethnography of multiracial adolescents in a Midwestern secondary school. Her current research areas include critical education theory, intersectionality of lived experiences as an immigrant in Northern European states, understanding institu- tionalandstructuralracismwithinmodernsocieties,aswellimmigrantpositionality and culture in diverse societies. Currently, she is working on a project regarding internationalizationinhighereducationandaccessforimmigrantsaswellasleading a 3-year project to map immigrant women’s experience of intimate partner and employment-based violence in Iceland. She is also a co-convenor of network ix