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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