Unterhalter, E;
(2023)
An answer to everything? Four framings of girls’ schooling and gender equality in education.
Comparative Education
, 59
(2)
pp. 145-168.
10.1080/03050068.2023.2202374.
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Abstract
Girls’ education has been widely promoted as the answer to a wide range of problems. This article maps four key ideas that have framed this formulation. These are firstly, a techno-rationalist approach linked to narrowly defined interventions, termed here ‘what works’. Secondly, a more normative engagement is outlined, termed ‘what matters’ which explores how girls’ education is part of processes to extend and defend rights, support feminism or decoloniality. Thirdly, an approach termed ‘what disorganises’ looks at the ways in which girls’ education has been used deceitfully and hypocritically to mask the perpetuation of unjust power. Lastly, an approach termed ‘what connects’ maps processes associated with building connections and epistemologies of co-ordination The implications of these four framings are considered for the development of discussions on girls’ education and gender equality and methods in comparative education.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | An answer to everything? Four framings of girls’ schooling and gender equality in education |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1080/03050068.2023.2202374 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1080/03050068.2023.2202374 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. The images or other third-party material in this article are included in the Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in the credit line; if the material is not included under the Creative Commons license, users will need to obtain permission from the license holder to reproduce the material. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
| Keywords: | Gender; girls’ education; education policy; international development |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Education, Practice and Society |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10171410 |
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