The Role of Women's/Gender Studies in the Changing Lives of British Women

Autor/inn/en	Kirkup, Gill; Whitelegg, Liz; Rowbotham, Iris
Titel	The Role of Women's/Gender Studies in the Changing Lives of British Women
Quelle	In: Gender and Education, 27 (2015) 4, S.430-444 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0954-0253
DOI	10.1080/09540253.2015.1015500
Schlagwörter	Womens Studies; Females; Foreign Countries; College Students; Undergraduate Study; Thematic Approach; Nontraditional Students; Gender Issues; Social Influences; Role of Education; Distance Education; Longitudinal Studies; Social Change; Womens Education; Part Time Students; European History; Social Problems; Gender Bias; Feminism; Qualitative Research; Semi Structured Interviews; United Kingdom + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Weibliches Geschlecht; Ausland; Collegestudent; Grundstudium; Themenzentrierter Unterricht; Geschlechterfrage; Sozialer Einfluss; Bildungsauftrag; Distance study; Distance learning; Fernunterricht; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Sozialer Wandel; 'Women''s education'; Frauenbildung; Part-time students; Teilzeitstudent; Social problem; Soziales Problem; Geschlechterstereotyp; Feminismus; Qualitative Forschung; Großbritannien
Abstract	This paper explores the role played by part-time Women's/Gender Studies (WGS) courses in women's lives in the UK through interviews with 35 women who were among 8000 students who studied one of the UK Open University's undergraduate interdisciplinary WGS courses between 1983 and 1999. A thematic analysis of these interviews shows how these mainly working and lower middle-class, mature women were living through a time of great social change for women. The WGS course they studied helped them understand these changes and grasp the educational, social and employment opportunities that opened for UK women after 1980. The authors reflect on these social and educational changes and using Nussbaum's Capabilities Approach (2011) analyse the capabilities these women developed through their study of these courses, which helped them to change their own lives and the lives of others around them. Looking forward, the authors argue that WGS courses have the potential to develop these capabilities in a time of economic recession and reduced opportunities for women. (As Provided).
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