Girls Identities and Experiences of Oppression in Schools

This book uses an intersectional approach to explore the ways in which girls and adults in school systems hold multiple realities, negotiate tensions, resist oppression, and envision transformation. It offers a range of pedagogies, policies, and practices educators can adopt, making it ideal for professionals, policy makers and academics.

Autorentext

Britney G Brinkman, PhD, is an interdisciplinary researcher, educator, licensed Psychologist and an associate professor of psychology. She works extensively with schools and community organizations to promote justice for girls. She is the recipient of a Citizen Psychologist Presidential Citation from the American Psychological Association and is the author of Detection and Prevention of Identity-Based Bullying: Social Justice Perspectives.

Kandie Brinkman, PhD, is an independent researcher and educator at various local universities and high schools teaching social change along with forming multiple community-based projects and committees. She is the recipient of the University of Utah's Martin Luther King Award as well as multiple citations for her work in social justice. Her passion is to empower girls and women.

Deanna Hamilton, PhD, is an associate professor in the graduate psychology program at Chatham University, US, where she teaches courses in lifespan development, psychopathology & resilience, and positive psychology. She integrates positive psychology research and interventions in her courses. Her published papers explore strengths, well-being, and self-efficacy across a variety of domains.

Inhalt

Introduction, Part I. Resilience, 1. What is Resilience Anyway, and Who Decided?, 2. Good Girls, Smart Girls, and Super Girls, 3. Gotta Get By: Conformity and Survival Dissonance, Part II. Resistance, 4. Resistance to Gender Stereotypes and Sexism, 5. Caution! Thin Ice: Navigating Fragile Masculinity, 6. "Are my Skorts Distracting You?": Girls' Resistance to Sexual Violence, Part III. Transformation, 7. Planting Seeds of Change: Girl-led Activism, 8. Start Anywhere, Follow it Everywhere: Pathways for Educational Transformation, 9. Expanding Possibilities: Creating New Visions for Education, Appendix A: Student Participants, Appendix B: Educator Participants