The influence of curricula content on sociology students’ transformations: the case of feminist knowledge

Abbas, Andrea, Ashwin, Paul and McLean, Monica (2016) The influence of curricula content on sociology students’ transformations: the case of feminist knowledge. Teaching in Higher Education, 21 (4). pp. 442-456. ISSN 1470-1294

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Abstract

Previous research identifies the importance of feminist knowledge for improving gender equity, economic prosperity and social justice for all. However, there are difficulties in embedding feminist knowledge in higher education curricula. Across England, undergraduate sociology is a key site for acquiring feminist knowledge. In a study of four English sociology departments, Basil Bernstein's theoretical concepts and Madeleine Arnot's notion of gender codes frame an analysis indicating that sociology curricula in which feminist knowledge is strongly classified in separate modules is associated with more women being personally transformed. Men's engagement with feminist knowledge is low and it does not become more transformative when knowledge is strongly classified. Curriculum, pedagogy and gender codes are all possible contributors to these different relationships with feminist knowledge across the sample of 98 students.

Item Type: Article
RIS ID: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/780193
Additional Information: This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Teaching in Higher Education on 15 March 2016, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/13562517.2016.1155551.
Keywords: Feminist Knowledge, Sociology, Undergraduate Teaching and Learning
Schools/Departments: University of Nottingham, UK > Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Education
Identification Number: 10.1080/13562517.2016.1155551
Depositing User: McLean, Monica
Date Deposited: 10 Jan 2017 11:04
Last Modified: 04 May 2020 17:41
URI: https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/id/eprint/36629

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