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Conceptual Approaches to Studying Gender in Education
Author(s) -
GOETZ JUDITH PREISSLE,
GRANT LINDA
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
anthropology and education quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.531
H-Index - 46
eISSN - 1548-1492
pISSN - 0161-7761
DOI - 10.1525/aeq.1988.19.2.05x1807m
Subject(s) - sociology , sociology of education , sociocultural evolution , educational anthropology , gender studies , social science , social reproduction , sociocultural perspective , educational research , anthropology , epistemology , social capital , philosophy
In the mid‐1970s Goetz examined published work in educational anthropology and distinguished four conceptual approaches to gender and education. This article analyzes research in anthropology, education, feminist studies, psychology, and sociology appearing since Goetz's review. We find decreases in what Goetz termed “sex difference” studies, but increases in research on how gender relationships are created, maintained, and transformed through education. Social interactionism and sociocultural reproduction have become increasingly dominant as theoretical frameworks.