Educational Studies

... MIKE COLE, ROSALYN GEORGE 21 mind that 87% were born in the British Isles (ibid: 14). It is precisely within this context, that the degree of under-representation of teachers from minority ethnic groups in the British educational system has to be considered. Asian, black and ...

This paper reports on the discussion at a recent 'salon' on feminist agency. The views of the two invited speakers, who raised concerns about the impact of post-modernism on political projects, are reported. The content of the general discussion around subjectivity, agency and structure are then set out. The group struggled with the possibilities and limitations of theory in these areas. In discussing how feminist theory might be taken forward, the group stressed the centrality and necessity of collectivities as enabling resistance and other expressions of agency. The group felt that further exploration and analysis of the notion of and feelings of selfhood are necessary to adequately conceptualize individual and collective agency, and the way in which structure inflects such agency and collectivities. Such work would also need to attend to issues of 'difference' such as social class and ethnicity, and to the emotional and/or psychic dimension involved in our construction of agency and selfhood.

... MIKE COLE, ROSALYN GEORGE 21 mind that 87% were born in the British Isles (ibid: 14). It is precisely within this context, that the degree of under-representation of teachers from minority ethnic groups in the British educational system has to be considered. Asian, black and ...

SUMMARY In this paper we will argue for the adoption of a set of principles that will inform the construction of a Code of Practice for Intercultural Education in institutions of teacher education throughout Europe. These principles need to be based on a clear understanding of how ...