UNSPECIFIED. (2003) 'I'm a woman before I'm an RE teacher: managing religious identity in secondary schools. GENDER AND EDUCATION, 15 (4). pp. 393-406. ISSN 0954-0253

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Abstract

Religion and sexuality tend not to make easy bedfellows. This article draws on a life history study which has followed a cohort of religious education (RE), secondary postgraduate certificate in education (PGCE) students through their training and into their first years of teaching. In addition to the adaptations, stresses and challenges commonly faced by people when they become teachers, it seems that RE specialists have to deal with unattractive (personal) identities and expectations associated with their subject. The article discusses the ways in which women RE teachers used clothes, hairstyles and make-up, together with explicit reference to their social lives, to challenge the ascribed identities which had negative implications both for their own sense of self and for their pedagogy.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Subjects:	L Education
Journal or Publication Title:	GENDER AND EDUCATION
Publisher:	CARFAX PUBLISHING
ISSN:	0954-0253
Date:	December 2003
Volume:	15
Number:	4
Number of Pages:	14
Page Range:	pp. 393-406
Identification Number:	10.1080/09540250310001610599
Publication Status:	Published
URI:	http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/id/eprint/9053

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