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Overview of feminist perspectives on the ideology of science
Author(s) -
Kleinman Sharon Sue
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
journal of research in science teaching
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.067
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1098-2736
pISSN - 0022-4308
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1098-2736(199810)35:8<837::aid-tea2>3.0.co;2-v
Subject(s) - ideology , scholarship , perspective (graphical) , sociology , science education , feminism , epistemology , gender studies , social science , pedagogy , political science , politics , philosophy , law , artificial intelligence , computer science
As a body of feminist scholarship from the past 2 decades has persuasively shown, we can interpret science as being gendered as a masculine domain in many ways. The purpose of this essay is to show, using historical and contemporary examples, that many of these feminist analyses fit together into a compelling perspective on the ideology of science. The essay addresses how ideology affects who pursues careers in science. The implications of the gendering of science for science practice are also discussed. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Res Sci Teach 35: 837–844, 1998.