Our thanks to Peter for this (Spectator, £). Becky Francis’s Wiki page here. She has a PhD in Women’s Studies and Education, her “selected works” on Wiki:
- Francis, Becky (1998). Power plays: primary school children’s constructions of gender, power, and adult work. Staffordshire: Trentham Books. ISBN 978-1858560977.
- Francis, Becky (2000). Boys, girls and achievement: addressing the classroom issues. London: Routledge Falmer. ISBN 978-0415231626.
- Francis, Becky; Skelton, Christine, eds. (2001). Investigating gender: contemporary perspectives in education. Buckingham: Open University Press. ISBN 978-0335207886.
- Francis, Becky; Skelton, Christine, eds. (2003). Boys and girls in the primary classroom. Maidenhead: Open University Press. ISBN 978-0335211555.
- Francis, Becky; Skelton, Christine (2005). Reassessing gender and achievement: questioning contemporary key debates. London: Routledge. ISBN 978-0415333245.
- Skelton, Christine; Francis, Becky, eds. (2005). A feminist critique of education: fifteen years of gender education. London: Routledge. ISBN 978-0415363914.
- Leathwood, Carole; Francis, Becky, eds. (2006). Gender and lifelong learning: critical feminist engagements. London: Routledge. ISBN 978-0415374842.
- Skelton, Christine; Francis, Becky; Smulyan, Lisa, eds. (2006). The Sage Handbook of gender and education. London: SAGE. ISBN 978-1412907927.
- Archer, Louise; Francis, Becky (2006). Understanding minority ethnic achievement: race, gender, class and ‘success’. London: Routledge. ISBN 978-0415372817.
- Skelton, Christine; Francis, Becky (2009). Feminism and ‘the schooling scandal’. London: Routledge. ISBN 978-0415455091.
- Francis, Becky; Skelton, Christine; Read, Barbara (2012). The identities and practices of high-achieving pupils: negotiating achievement and peer cultures. London: Continuum. ISBN 978-1441157195.
- Francis, Becky; Taylor, Becky; Tereshchenko, Antonina (2020). Reassessing ‘ability’ grouping: improving practice for equity and attainment. Abingdon, Oxon; New York, NY: Routledge. ISBN 978-1138348837.
Just an early example of feminist ideology being implemented by the new Labour government, an issue not mentioned in their election manifesto. Many more examples of feminist influence to come.
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The blurb for the second listed work “”Becky Francis provides teachers with a thorough analysis of the various ways in which secondary school pupils construct their gender identities in the classroom. The book also discusses methods by which teachers might challenge these gender constructions in the classroom and thereby address the ‘gender gap’ in achievement.”
I’ll bet that “the gender gap in achievement” is not the real one, which as we know is actually a widening one in favour of girls.
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Horrible, vile, misandrist, man-hating shrew!! Why doesn’t anybody try and stop this vile harridan?!
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