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Professor Carolyn Jackson

Carolyn Jackson

Professor of Gender and Education

Department: Educational Research

Degree: BSc Psychology; PhD Social Psychology of Gender and Education

Associated research centres and groups: Centre for Gender and Women's Studies, Centre for Higher Education Research and Evaluation, Centre for Social Justice and Wellbeing in Education

Current Teaching

Gender and Education

Social Psychology of Education

Research Interests

My research is guided by an overarching interest in gender issues in education, with particular interests in single-sex and mixed-sex learning environments (see videos below), fears of failure, and constructions and performances of 'laddish' masculinities and femininities. Between 2003-2005 I undertook a project exploring boys' and girls' motives for 'laddish' behaviours. A book from this project - 'Lads' and 'Ladettes' in School: Gender and a Fear of Failure - was published in 2006 by Open University Press. This was awarded first prize for books published in 2006 by the Society for Educational Studies (SES). There is also a DVD about the project: view clip.

I recently edited a book (with Carrie Paechter and Emma Renold) entitled Girls and Education 3-16: Continuing Concerns, New Agendas, that was published in 2010 by Open University Press. I am currently researching fear in education. I have also conducted research on the PhD examination process in Britain and published (with Penny Tinkler, 2004) The Doctoral Examination Process: A Guide for Students, Examiners and Supervisors (Open University Press).

I'm currently working on a project funded by the Society for Educational Studies entitled 'Laddism' in Higher Education.

Watch a video (Carolyn Jackson talks about single-sex schools and her research interests)

Watch a video (Carolyn Jackson talks about single-sex classes in co-educational schools)

Potential Doctoral Proposals

All aspects of gender and education. For example, single-sex and co-educational learning environments (see videos on this page), girls' in- and out-of-school lives, concerns about boys' 'underachievement', constructions of gendered learner identities, gender and teacher identities, gender and the curriculum, gendered identities in Higher Education.

Social psychology and sociology of teaching and learning, especially motives for learning or not learning, fear of failure, how classroom environments and peers shape approaches to learning and learner identities. Intergroup relations.

Fear in education - the effects of fear on all aspectsof school and university life.

Eprints Publications Repository and Bibliographic Database

Carolyn Jackson has 25 selected publication records listed on this webpage. Use links to access abstracts and full text where available. View all records to sort by date, type and title. For all ePrints records go to http://eprints.lancs.ac.uk

Jackson, Carolyn (2010) 'I've been sort of laddish with them … one of the gang' : teachers' perceptions of 'laddish' boys and how to deal with them. Gender and Education, 22 (5). pp. 505-519. ISSN 0954-0253

Jackson, C. (2010) Fear in Education. Educational Review, 62 (1). pp. 39-52. ISSN 1465-3397

Jackson, C. and Paechter, C. and Renold, E. (2010) Girls and Education 3-16: Continuing Concerns, New Agendas. Open University, Maidenhead. ISBN 033523562X

Jackson, C. and Tinkler, P. (2007) 'Ladettes' and 'Modern Girls': 'troublesome' young femininities. The Sociological Review, 55 (2). pp. 251-272. ISSN 0038-0261

Jackson, C. (2006) 'Lads' and 'ladettes' in school: Gender and a fear of failure. Open University Press, Maidenhead. ISBN 0335217710

Jackson, C. (2006) Wild' girls? An exploration of 'ladette' cultures in secondary schools. Gender and Education Journal, 18 (4). pp. 339-360. ISSN 13600516

Jackson, C. and Bisset, M. (2005) Gender and school choice: factors influencing parents when choosing single-sex or co-educational independent schools for their children. Cambridge Journal of Education, 35 (2). pp. 195-211. ISSN 0305-764X

Tinkler, P. and Jackson, C. (2004) The doctoral examination process : a handbook for students, examiners and supervisors. Open University in association with the Society for Research into Higher Education, Maidenhead. ISBN 0335213057 (pbk.) 0335213065 (hbk.)

Jackson, C. (2003) Motives for 'Laddishness' at school: Fear of failure and fear of the 'feminine'. British Educational Research Journal, 29 (4). pp. 583-598. ISSN 1469-3518

Jackson, C. (2002) Can single-sex classes in co-educational schools enhance the learning experiences of girls and/or boys? An exploration of pupils' perceptions. British Educational Research Journal, 28 (1). pp. 37-48. ISSN 1469-3518

Associated Keywords: Compulsory education, Education, Femininities, Feminist research methodologies, Gender, Gender and education, Higher education HE, Masculinities, Psychology, Sociology, Women's studies