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- Title
Diversity, gender and widening participation in global higher education: a feminist perspective.
- Authors
David, Miriam
- Abstract
This article is a critique of the expansion of higher education in global and national contexts. First I provide an analysis of the transformation of higher education as a form of 'academic capitalism' and how second-wave feminist critiques and pedagogies have become incorporated as have women, amongst other social groups, in increasingly diverse forms of post-compulsory education. Yet, the transformations in global higher education have not been in the direction of greater gender or social equity. Second, I provide evidence of the policies and practices of the U.K. government in widening participation to U.K. higher education, drawing on research, commissioned by the U.K. government, and conducted by the Teaching and Learning Research Programme. I provide detailed research evidence, from the seven projects, about the policies, practices and pedagogies within English higher education. I argue that, although neither gender nor social equality has been accomplished, there is evidence of practices that value and respect social diversity and inclusion of women's diverse perspectives and feminist pedagogies.
- Subjects
DIVERSITY in education; MULTICULTURALISM; FEMINISTS; FEMINISM &; society; ACADEMIC achievement; WOMEN'S rights
- Publication
Learning & Teaching (1755-2273), 2010, Vol 3, Issue 2, p19
- ISSN
1755-2273
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3167/latiss.2010.030202