Combining feminist theory and empirical material, drawing on feminist writing and their own research experience, the authors provide an interpretation of teachers and their teaching, based on extensive material comparing and contrasting the experience of teachers.

How has feminism influenced contemporary educational practices? Is feminism relevant to today's teachers? Feminism and the Classroom Teacher undertakes a feminist analysis of the work and everyday realities of the school teacher, providing evidence that feminism is still relevant as a way of thinking about the social work and as a lived reality.
Providing a unique contribution to the literature in the area of gender and education, the authors' objective is to articulate the educational discourses of gender - how gender is constructed, performed and sustained through discourse and...

Ethnography is one of the chief research methods in sociology, anthropology and other cognate disciplines in the social sciences. This handbook provides an unparalleled, critical guide to its principles and practice. It is a one-stop critical guide to the past, present and future.

The authors of this practical book highlight the range of approaches available to qualitative researchers by using a single data set which they analyze using a number of techniques. The book is ideal for the novice researcher seeking the best way to transform raw data into something useful.