Who Cares? Gender Dynamics in the Valuing of Extra-Curricular Activities in Higher Education

Autor/inn/en	Stevenson, Jacqueline; Clegg, Sue
Titel	Who Cares? Gender Dynamics in the Valuing of Extra-Curricular Activities in Higher Education
Quelle	In: Gender and Education, 24 (2012) 1, S.41-55 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0954-0253
DOI	10.1080/09540253.2011.565039
Schlagwörter	Higher Education; Extracurricular Activities; Females; Student Participation; Caring; Context Effect; Employment Potential; Gender Issues; Cultural Capital; Sex; Race; Social Class + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Außerunterrichtliche Aktivität; Weibliches Geschlecht; Schülermitarbeit; Schülermitwirkung; Studentische Mitbestimmung; Care; Pflege; Sorge; Betreuung; Arbeitsmarktbezogene Qualifikation; Beschäftigungsfähigkeit; Geschlechterfrage; Geschlecht; Geschlechtsverkehr; Rasse; Abstammung; Social classes; Soziale Klasse
Abstract	Despite the assertion that higher education is becoming increasingly "feminised" and that male students are the relative losers, gendered meanings continue to permeate higher education in ways that mean that the recognition of women's experiences are frequently marginalised. Our paper reports on research designed to explore student participation in extra-curricular activity from a perspective informed by a broader conceptualisation of the extra-curricular as a site of gendered, raced, and class practices intimately tied to the development of an employable self. We found that women frequently undervalue their participation and are more likely to be dismissive of extra-curricular activity as of value to their employability than men and that they rarely consider caring to be a form of capital which can be utilised or invested in to support their future employment. We argue that higher education institutions need to support students, in particular women, to recognise the value of their participation. (Contains 1 table.) (As Provided).
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