Astronomy is critical for human development, driving technology and innovation, and creating knowledge that allows humanity to understand the universe more fully. Women, however, remain underrepresented in this field. Many women leave the field before becoming established, yet little is known about women who persist and succeed. The purpose of…

This paper explores the concept of homeplace, examining how it serves as a nexus for learning, reproductive labour, and internationalisation while problematising the gendered and depoliticised nature of international distance education. Drawing on 60 interviews with international distance students at a South African university, the research…

Incorporating inclusive language in healthcare education allows learners to develop holistic communication skills. Adhering to principles of linguistic equity in healthcare, specific to sex- and gender-inclusive language (SGIL), creates a safe environment for all participants. Anatomy education introduces students to a standard, consistent…

Picturebooks are a unique and complex art form that combines both visual and textual elements. Based on Kohlberg's Cognitive Development Theory and Social Gender Theory, young children's perceptions are likely influenced by portrayals of mothers in picturebooks. Therefore, this content analysis examined both the text and the visual portrayals of…

Using individual-level data from the Add Health surveys, we leverage idiosyncratic variation in gender composition across cohorts within the same school to examine whether being exposed to a higher share of female peers affects mental health and school satisfaction. We find that being exposed to a higher proportion of female peers, despite only…

Preschool teachers are crucial actors in the socialization process and the construction of gender ideas of young children. Their gender ideas influence interactions with children. Education has a profound gendered nature in which gender stereotypes are often reproduced and enacted. This qualitative study is a critical exploration of preschool…

This article explores the author's approach to teaching Religious Studies with a focus on gender, sexuality, and feminist pedagogy. In a predominantly white and cis-hetero-male field, the author intentionally incorporates feminist perspectives to create an inclusive and supportive classroom environment. Additionally, their teaching on South Asia,…

The case study focuses on the co-development of stories about sexuality and gender with people with disabilities in Australian and New Zealand research that used inclusive research methods and narrative research approaches. Outlined in this case study are key aspects of the research from ethics to dissemination, looking closely at the…

Our paper explores the experiences of three museum practitioners as they worked to address complex historical and contemporary intersections of gender and power at Fort Edmonton Park, a living history museum in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. In our case study, we detail a narrative of changes to a Métis woman's (Emma McDonald) garden, arguing that the…

Drawing from a practice-based research study in Swedish secondary schools, the aim of this paper is to explore how facts and values are made and unmade as separate and entangled phenomena in sexuality education. In this exploration, we work with a posthumanist approach - agential realism - and more specifically the concept of agential cuts. The…

This article proposes that researchers should seek to understand the value conflicts inherent in the career choices of gifted students. This study explored those conflicts using a narrative analysis based on the McAdams (1993) model of personal meaning-making. The subjects were two gifted female political leaders: Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and Jacinda…

This study explores the intersection role of students' epistemic beliefs and gender in argumentative essay writing. In total, 148 undergraduate students from a Dutch university followed an argumentation module, filled out the epistemic beliefs survey, and wrote an argumentative essay. Results showed that students' beliefs about the…

Drawing upon contemporary research, this paper examines whether there is a relationship of STEM (science, technology, engineering and maths) bachelor and master graduates to the gender pay gap (GPG) in the 27 EU Member states in 2013-2020 using a novel cross-sectional data set based on the 2013 International Standard Classification of Education…

This paper focuses on the learning that happens in everyday life, beyond the formal learning environments of schools, colleges, and universities or even beyond community and adult education. It draws on posthuman concepts of 'learning affect' and 'new worlds' to conceptualise this as 'invisible education', affective and transformative,…

In this paper, I examine the miseducation that exclusionary punishment initiates through the significance of gender in the novel "Frankenstein." I focus on the minor character of Justine and place her story at the center, as a major account of exclusionary punishment and miseducation in literature. I highlight Shelley's story about…