Community Organising in Australian Education Policy, 1970s-1980s

Before ‘gender whisperers’: morality, teacher employment and LGBTIQ futures

J Gerrard, A Thomas

2026-01-01

This paper responds to the contemporary backlash to LGBTIQ+ rights and its focus on queer and transgender children and teachers in..

‘The barriers between work and play have broken down’: industrious ‘alternative’ education 1970s–1980s

J Gerrard, H Proctor

2025-01-01

This article examines aspects of the turbulent history of a small community-organised alternative school (the Education Reform Ass..

Participatory politics and education policy reform: publics and histories

J Gerrard, S Goodwin, H Proctor

2024-01-01

In this theoretical article, we respond to a common education policy discourse that represents community participation in educatio..

Against "Progressivism": Schooling and the Cohering of Conservative Interests in Australia, 1970s-1980s

Jessica Gerrard

2023-08-21

This article charts how a disdain for progressivism in schooling was central to the development of conservative interests across t..

Activist women, schooling and the rise of the grassroots Christian conservatism

Jessica Gerrard, Helen Proctor

2022-11-01

This paper argues for the need to better understand the role of mothers and schooling in shaping modern conservative cultural poli..