Pink brains and education: a postfeminist analysis of neuroscience and neurosexism

This article examines the representations of girls and gender that operate within the popular ideas of ‘pink brains’ and ‘blue brains’. As brain research moves into education and teacher training, what are the implications for curriculum, pedagogy, and school organization? We noticed that findings f...

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Main Authors: Nancy Lesko, Stephanie D. McCall, Mirian Jorge Warde, Luiz Ramires Neto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de História da Educação 2014-07-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de História da Educação
Online Access:http://www.periodicos.uem.br/ojs/index.php/rbhe/article/view/38883