Book chapter
Gender, Inclusivity and Engagement
Diversity, Inclusion and Engagement, 3rd Edition, pp.93-110
Oxford University Press, 3rd Edition
2017
Abstract
Issues related to gender, inclusivity and engagement have a long history in educational settings. For some scholars, many aspects of school life have been constructed around traditional male and female roles while for others there exists a biological imperative to meet the needs of boys and girls. Indeed, the multiplicity of perspectives related to gender, inclusivity and engagement span a number of disciplinary fields yielding many pragmatic and useful pedagogical tools, along with an equal number of contestable theories and ideas. This chapter aims to unpack notions of gender, inclusivity and engagement across the broad fields of psychology and sociocultural theory rather than focusing on one theoretical perspective. While this may appear as a bridge too far for purists in each discipline, we believe that such an approach offers the reader a broad landscape of ideas to draw upon depending on their own context. We also feel that recent advances in the areas of mind and brain science have noted that who we are is the product of a complex interplay between biology, genetics and environment and as such the traditional nature/nurture debate has become a moot point, or as succinctly noted by one of the world's leading neuroscientific researchers, 'there can be no explanation that entirely rules out either environmental or genetic influences' (Kimura 2000, p. 4). Most importantly, however, the catalyst that drives all of the following ideas is premised on our contention that understanding the issues, and at times challenges, associated with gender, inclusivity and engagement are important aspects of an educator's repertoire of practices towards ensuring positive outcomes related to student safety, physical and emotional health, gender equity and overall student engagement and success (Meyer 2010).
Details
- Title
- Gender, Inclusivity and Engagement
- Authors
- Michael Nagel (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Science, Health, Education and EngineeringLaura Scholes (Author) - Queensland University of Technology
- Contributors
- Mervyn B Hyde (Editor)Lorelei Carpenter (Editor)Shelley Dole (Editor)
- Publication details
- Diversity, Inclusion and Engagement, 3rd Edition, pp.93-110
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Date published
- 2017
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Organisation Unit
- School of Education - Legacy; Indigenous and Transcultural Research Centre; School of Education and Tertiary Access; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; Engage Research Lab
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99450593102621
- Output Type
- Book chapter
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