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P1:OSO/OVY P2:OSO/OVY QC:OSO/OVY T1:OSO MHBK007-FM MHBK007-Jackson December10,2009 21:39 Girls and Education 3–16 Continuing Concerns, New Agendas i P1:OSO/OVY P2:OSO/OVY QC:OSO/OVY T1:OSO MHBK007-FM MHBK007-Jackson December10,2009 21:39 ii P1:OSO/OVY P2:OSO/OVY QC:OSO/OVY T1:OSO MHBK007-FM MHBK007-Jackson December10,2009 21:39 Girls and Education 3–16 Continuing Concerns, New Agendas Edited by Carolyn Jackson Carrie Paechter Emma Renold Open University Press iii P1:OSO/OVY P2:OSO/OVY QC:OSO/OVY T1:OSO MHBK007-FM MHBK007-Jackson December10,2009 21:39 OpenUniversityPress McGraw-HillEducation McGraw-HillHouse ShoppenhangersRoad Maidenhead Berkshire England SL62QL email:[email protected] worldwideweb:www.openup.co.uk andTwoPennPlaza,NewYork,NY10121-2289,USA Firstpublished2010 Copyright(cid:2)C CarolynJackson,CarriePaechterandEmmaRenold2010 Allrightsreserved.Exceptforthequotationofshortpassagesforthepurposesof criticismandreview,nopartofthispublicationmaybereproduced,storedina retrievalsystem,ortransmitted,inanyformorbyanymeans,electronic, mechanical,photocopying,recordingorotherwise,withoutthepriorwritten permissionofthepublisheroralicencefromtheCopyrightLicensingAgency Limited.Detailsofsuchlicences(forreprographicreproduction)maybeobtained fromtheCopyrightLicensingAgencyLtdofSaffronHouse,6–10KirbyStreet, London,EC1N8TS. AcataloguerecordofthisbookisavailablefromtheBritishLibrary ISBN10:033523562X(pb) ISBN13:9780335235629(pb) ISBN10:0335235611(hb) ISBN13:9780335235612(hb) LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData CIPdatahasbeenappliedfor Fictitousnamesofcompanies,products,people,charactersand/ordatathat maybeusedherein(incasestudiesorinexamples)arenotintendedto representanyrealindividual,company,productorevent. TypesetbyAptaraInc.,India PrintedintheUKbyBell&BainLtd,Glasgow. iv P1:OSO/OVY P2:OSO/OVY QC:OSO/OVY T1:OSO MHBK007-FM MHBK007-Jackson December10,2009 21:39 We dedicate this book to Diana Leonard v P1:OSO/OVY P2:OSO/OVY QC:OSO/OVY T1:OSO MHBK007-FM MHBK007-Jackson December10,2009 21:39 vi P1:OSO/OVY P2:OSO/OVY QC:OSO/OVY T1:OSO MHBK007-FM MHBK007-Jackson December10,2009 21:39 Contents Contributors xi Acknowledgements xvii Introduction 1 CarolynJackson,CarriePaechterandEmmaRenold Part 1: Girls and academic achievement 1 Girls’achievement:contestingthepositioningofgirls astherelational‘achievers’to‘boys’ underachievement’ 21 BeckyFrancis 2 Exploringgirls’relationshiptoandwithachievement: linkingassessment,learning,mindandgender 38 JannetteElwood 3 ‘Rebels’,‘badgirls’and‘misbehavers’:exploring ‘underachievement’insingle-sex,selectiveschooling 50 AlexandraAllan 4 Refusingtointegrate?Asiangirls,achievementand theexperienceofschooling 62 FarzanaShain 5 Fightingforaneducation:succeedingandsurviving forgirlsincareatschool 75 EmmaRenold vii P1:OSO/OVY P2:OSO/OVY QC:OSO/OVY T1:OSO MHBK007-FM MHBK007-Jackson December10,2009 21:39 viii CONTENTS Part 2: Girls’ experiences in the schooling system 6 Innercitygirls:choosingschoolsandnegotiating friendships 91 RosalynGeorge 7 ‘Eventhepeopleyouknowturntheirbackonyou’: theinfluenceoffriendshipsandsocialnetworkson girls’experiencesofphysicaleducation 104 LauraHills 8 Schoolgirlsandpower/knowledgeeconomies:using knowledgetomobilizesocialpower 117 CarriePaechterandSherylClark 9 ‘You’vegottohavethepinkonebecauseyou’rea girl!’:exploringyounggirls’understandingof femininitiesandmasculinitiesinpreschool 129 BarbaraMartin 10 Genderandthenewdisciplineagendain Scottishschools 142 SheilaRiddell,JeanKane,GwyneddLloyd, GilleanMcCluskey,JoanSteadandElisabetWeedon Part 3: Relationships between girls’ out-of-school experiences and school life 11 Demandingtime:balancingschoolandout-of-school demands 157 CarolynJackson 12 Sluts,whores,fatslagsandplayboybunnies:Teen girls’negotiationsof‘sexy’onsocialnetworkingsites andatschool 170 JessicaRingrose 13 ‘Iwaskindaparalytic’:pleasure,perilandteenage girls’drinkingstories 183 FinCullen P1:OSO/OVY P2:OSO/OVY QC:OSO/OVY T1:OSO MHBK007-FM MHBK007-Jackson December10,2009 21:39 CONTENTS ix 14 Newliteracies,oldidentities:younggirls’experiences ofdigitalliteracyathomeandschool 197 JackieMarsh 15 Framinggirlsingirlhoodstudies:gender/ class/ificationsincontemporaryfeminist representations 210 ValerieHey Index 223 P1:OSO/OVY P2:OSO/OVY QC:OSO/OVY T1:OSO MHBK007-FM MHBK007-Jackson December10,2009 21:39 x

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This is a book to own, read and re-read for its insights and which should then provoke us to act so that all children at school are able to enjoy and benefit from education. Professor Debbie Epstein, Cardiff University, UK, Editor, Gender and Education "This excellent book offers evidence from a ric
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