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Dr Farzana Shain

Title: Senior Lecturer in Education
Phone: (+44) 01782 733118
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Location: Chancellor's Building : CBA1.053
Role: EdD Director and Coordinator of the Professional Doctorates in the School of PPPP

Research/Discipline lead (Education) Centre for Social Policy

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Associate PGR Director (Professional Doctorates) RI Social Sciences
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My first degree was in Sociology and Psychology and my PhD in the Sociology of Education.  I worked as a research fellow on an ESRC funded project (1997-99) before taking up a lectureship at Keele.  I was promoted to senior lecturer in 2004.     

My past work includes teaching sociology at A level – I taught for six years at Newcastle-under-Lyme college of FE.  I have also worked in the voluntary sector for Victim Support in Camden, London.   

My research interests cover:

  • sociology of education
  • raced, classed and gendered identities and inequalities
  • youth, social policy and education
  • children and young people and social and political action
  • professionalism and managerialism in education

My current research (funded by the British Academy) focuses on children’s understandings of ‘peak oil’. This builds on the work developed in my two single authored books, on children and young peoples’ social and political identifications: The New folk Devils: Muslim boys and education in England (2011) The Schooling and Identity of Asian girls (2003)

I have also written extensively on professionalism, leadership and management in further education and on the field of sociology of education.

I am on the editorial board  of the British Journal of Sociology of Education and the advisory board of the Multidisciplinary Journal  of Social Diversity.  I was a member of the  Gender and Education Editorial board from 2006-2012. I am also an active member of the British Educational Research Association Special Interest Group on ‘Race’, Ethnicity and Education, which I co-convened with Professor Gill Crozier (2005-2008).

I have supervised doctoral work on:  young people and politics; youth, social policy and education; gender, sexuality and higher education, gendered and sexualised identities and primary schooling in England, Madrasa Education in Pakistan, Turkish youth, religion and identity, managerialism and higher education; gender and management in further education; primary school teachers and performance related pay; professionalism and professional work identities.

I welcome applications for doctoral study and/or collaborative work in any of the above and related areas. 

 

Select Recent Keynotes/invited papers

Shain, F  'Intersections of 'race', class and gender in the social and political identifications of young Muslims in England'. Invited paper: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Lancaster Universrity, October  24, 2012

Shain, F   ‘The girl effect’: exploring gendered impacts and opportunities in an age of austerity'. Keynote paper: Modern girlhoods in the 21st Century: organized and sponsored by the Gender and Education Association,  Brunel University, the BSA youth studies group, February 8, 2012

Shain F.   The Prevent Agenda and its unintended and intended consequences, invited panel contribution to mark the launch of the Centre for Identities and Social Justice, Goldsmiths College, October 5, 2011. link>

Shain F. New Labour, Education and the ‘War on Terror' invited panel contribution, ‘Islamaphobia, Islam and Education’- British Educational Research Association (BERA) SIG Conference 2010, University of East London,  March, 4,2011.

Shain F.   'New Folk Devils: Muslim boys and education in England', invited paper, Research Matters seminar series, Anglia Ruskin University, May12, 2010.

Shain F.   It’s all a conspiracy: pupil talk on the ’war on terror’, invited paper - Identities and Social Justice Group, Goldsmiths College, November 25, 2010

Shain F.   New Folk Devils: Muslim Youth and Education under New Labour, invited paper - CeCeps Seminar Series: Social Class and Inequalities in the Policy Frame, November, 3,  2010

Shain F.   From Macpherson to the ‘War on Terror’: analysing the educational implications of New Labour’s record on ‘race’,   Keynote Symposium on Race and Educational (in)equalities, Main British Education Research Association Conference, Manchester University, 4 September, 2009. link>

Shain F.   'Refusing to Integrate? Asian girls, achievement and the experience of schooling, invited paper, ESRC seminar series, Girls and Education 3-16, Cardiff University, November 22 2006. full text>

Shain F.   'Intersections of race and class in the social and political identifications of Muslim youth'   Keynote Symposium, on Theorising Race and Racisms, BERA conference, University of Glamorgan. 15 September 15, 2005

Selected Publications

  • Shain F. 2013. Change AND tradition: Muslim boys’ talk about their post-16 aspirations. In Educational inequalities: difference and diversity in schools and higher education. Bhopal K and Maylor U (Eds.). London, GB, New York, US,: Routledge (Routledge Research in Education).
  • Shain F. 2013. Race, nation and education: an overview of British attempts to ‘manage diversity’ since the 1950s. Education Inquiry, vol. 4(1 (March)).
  • Shain F. 2012. Intersections of 'race', class and gender in the social and political identifications of young Muslims in England. In Intersectionality and "Race" in Education. Bhopal K and Preston J (Eds.). Routledge. full text>
  • Shain F. 2012. REVIEW ESSAY ‘Getting on’ rather than ‘getting by’: ethnicity, class and ‘success against the odds’. British Journal of Sociology of Education, vol. 33(1), 153-163. doi>
  • Gokay B. 2011. Higher Education Cuts, Student Protests and Media Misrepresentation, Global Faultlines. link>

Full Publications List show

Books

  • Shain F. 2011. The New Folk Devils: Muslim Boys and Education in England. Stoke-on-Trent: Trentham Books. link>
  • Shain F. 2003. The Schooling and Identity of Asian Girls. Stoke-on-Trent: Trentham Books. link>

Journal Articles

  • Shain F. 2013. Race, nation and education: an overview of British attempts to ‘manage diversity’ since the 1950s. Education Inquiry, vol. 4(1 (March)).
  • Shain F. 2012. REVIEW ESSAY ‘Getting on’ rather than ‘getting by’: ethnicity, class and ‘success against the odds’. British Journal of Sociology of Education, vol. 33(1), 153-163. doi>
  • Shain F. 2009. Uneasy Alliances: British Muslims and Socialists since the 1950s. The Journal of Communist Studies and Transition Politics, vol. 25(1), 95-109. doi> full text>
  • Archer L, Shain F, Williams C. 2006. British Muslims' expectations of the government: Secular or Islamic? What schools do British Muslims want for their children?. BRITISH JOURNAL OF SOCIOLOGY OF EDUCATION, vol. 27(5), 663-666. link>
  • Shain F. 2003. Review Essay: Creating third spaces: youth, schooling and difference. Discourse, vol. 24(1), 119-126. full text>
  • Shain F and Ozga J. 2001. Identity Crisis? Problems and Issues in the Sociology of Education. British Journal of Sociology of Education, vol. 22(1), 109-120.
  • Shain F. 2001. Just Schooling: Explorations in the Cultural Politics of Teaching. British Journal of Educational Studies, vol. 49(3), 360-362.
  • Shain F. 2000. Managing to Lead: Women Managers in the Post Incorporated Further Education Sector. Journal of Further and Higher Education, vol. 24,(No. 2), 218-230. link> full text>
  • Gleeson D and Shain F. 1999. By Appointment:governance, markets and managerialism in further education. British Educational Research Journal, vol. 25(4), 545-561.
  • Gleeson D and Shain F. 1999. Managing ambiguity: between markets and managerialism - a case study of 'middle' managers in further education. SOCIOLOGICAL REVIEW, vol. 47(3), 461-490. link> doi> full text>
  • Shain F. 1999. Teachers' work and Professionalism in the Further Education Sector. Education and Social Justice, vol. 1(3), 55-63.
  • Shain F and Gleeson D. 1999. Under new management: changing conceptions of teacher professionalism and policy in the further education sector. JOURNAL OF EDUCATION POLICY, vol. 14(4), 445-462. link> doi> full text>
  • Shain F. 2010 Britishness, the ‘War on Terror’ and Education. Education for Liberation, 20-23.
  • Shain F. Culture, Survival and Resistance: Theorising Young Asian women's experiences and strategies in secondary education. Discourse: The Cultural Politics of Education, vol. 21(2), 155-174.

Chapters

  • Shain F. 2013. Change AND tradition: Muslim boys’ talk about their post-16 aspirations. In Educational inequalities: difference and diversity in schools and higher education. Bhopal K and Maylor U (Eds.). London, GB, New York, US,: Routledge (Routledge Research in Education).
  • Shain F. 2012. Intersections of 'race', class and gender in the social and political identifications of young Muslims in England. In Intersectionality and "Race" in Education. Bhopal K and Preston J (Eds.). Routledge. full text>
  • Shain F. 2010. Refusing to Integrate: Asian girls, achievement and the experience of schooling. In Girls and Education 3-16. Jackson C, Paechter C, Renold E (Eds.). Open University Press. full text>
  • Gleeson D and Shain F. 2002. Managing Ambiguity: Between Markets and Managerialism: A Case Study of "Middle" Managers in Further Education. In Effective Educational Leadership. Bennett N, Crawford M, Cartwright M (Eds.). Sage, London.

Other

  • Gokay B. 2011. Higher Education Cuts, Student Protests and Media Misrepresentation, Global Faultlines. link>
  • Shain F. 2005. 'Intersections of race and class in the social and political identifications of Muslim youth' contribution to Keynote Symposium, on Theorising Race and Racisms, BERA conference, University of Glamorgan. 15 September. link>
  • Shain F. 2006. 'Refusing to Integrate? Asian girls, achievement and the experience of schooling, invited paper, ESRC seminar series, Girls and Education 3-16, Cardiff University, 22 November. full text>
  • Shain F. 2009. From Macpherson to the ‘War on Terror’: analysing the educational implications of New Labour’s record on ‘race’, contribution to Keynote Symposium on Race and Educational (in)equalities, BERA Conference, Manchester University, 4 September. link>
  • Shain F. 2009. New Folk Devils: Muslim Youth and Education under New Labour, invited paper - CeCeps Seminar Series: Social Class and Inequalities in the Policy Frame,03 November.
  • Shain F. 2010. It’s all a conspiracy: pupil talk on the ’war on terror’, invited paper - Identities and Social Justice Group, Goldsmiths College, November 25.
  • Shain F. 2010. 'New Folk Devils: Muslim boys and education in England', invited paper, Research Matters seminar series, Anglia Ruskin University, 12 May.
  • Shain F. New Labour, Education and the ‘War on Terror'invited paper, ‘Islamaphobia, Islam and Education’- British Educational Research Association (BERA) SIG Conference 2010, University of East London, 4 March. link>
  • Shain F. Shain, F (2012) Book Review of Promoting social cohesion: implications for policy and evaluation Edited by Peter Ratcliffe and Ines Newman The Policy Press, 2011.Book Review.
  • Shain F. The Prevent Agenda and its unintended and intended consequences, invited panel contribution to mark the launch of the Centre for Identities and Social Justice, Goldsmiths College, October 5, 2011. link>

Teaching

  • EDU-10029 Childhood, Policy and Education (Module Leader)
  • EDU-30071 Independent Research Project (Dissertation) (Module Leader)
  • EDU 40031 Introduction to theories and methods (Module Leader)
  • EDU-40032 Critical and feminist theories (Module Leader)
  • EDU-40033 Research Methods and evaluation
  • EDU-40034 Preparing for thesis progression (Module Leader)
  • EDU-40035 Education special option (research training) Module Leader
  • PIR-40108 Approaches to dialogue (Module Leader)
  • Thesis workshops

 

 

Successful Doctoral completions:

As Lead supervisor:

  • Mary Bradshaw (completed 2010) 'Women managers' perspectives on the further education maelstrom '
  • Hazel Mackey (completed 2010) 'The narrative construction of professional identities : the case of occupational therapy'
  • Virgina Fisher (completed 2009) 'Double, double toil and (GENDER) trouble' a feminist ethnography of the performance of gender and sexuality within a business school'
  • Julie Harrower (completed 2006) 'New managerialism, women managers in the academy, and the regulation of the gendered identities: a case study of a 'new' university' 

Co/second  supervised:

  • Francis Farrell (second supervisor) successful completion 2011
  • Ruby Green EdD (second supervisor) successful completion 2006
  • Gillian Forrester  PhD (co-supervised) Primary Teachers and Performance Related Pay-  successful completion June 2003

 

Current Doctoral students (as lead supervisor):

PhD

  • Sian Brownlie  (ESRC funded)  ‘Problematic youth?’ -  full time
  • Emrah Celik    'Between Religion and secularization: an ethnographic study of Turkish University Students' –full time
  • Maleeha Cheema (Faculty funded) 'Madrasa Education in Pakistan' -  full time
  • Tracey Wire  'Sex education in primary schools' – part time
  • Sevgi Cifgi  'Turkish speaking parents and education

 

 

 EdD Students  

  • Ben Ambrose   'Physiotherapy education and evidence based practice    as professional strategies and identities' 
  •  Joanne  Bates   'Personal  and professional identities of women on midwifery courses' 
  • Mary Furey   'Managing parallel risks: pastoral care in further education' 
  • Sarah Gwilliam  'Women managers in further education'  
  • Andrew Middleton – Decision making on ICT 
  • Tom O’Connor  'Gender identity performance of male nurses in Ireland' 
  • Alison Parr    'Becoming a History Teacher' 
  • Judy Rimmer  'Mature students in higher education pre and post 1992'