| Description |
xviii, 252 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm |
| Contents |
Foreword / Michael W. Apple -- 1. Gender and Education in a "New" Century: The "Boy Turn" -- 2. Masculinity "Down Under": The Roots of Boys' Education Policy in Australia -- 3. Boys: Getting It Right: Inventing Boys Through Policy -- 4. Means to an End: The Resulting Initiatives -- 5. "Getting It Right" in the Schoolhouse: Two Case Studies -- 6. Boys Education in the United States: What Australia's Example Tells Us -- Coda: Hope and Strategy -- Appendix. Timeline of Australian Boys' Education Policy, 2000-2005 |
| Summary |
"This book explores boy-focused education policy and how different educators struggle to implement or resist it in their schools. Contextualizing this policy with movements for boys' education around the world, this book offers progressive strategies for resisting conservative, regressive, anti-feminist programs for boys."--Back cover |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Subject |
Boys -- Education -- Australia.
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Education and state -- Australia.
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Boys -- Education -- United States.
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| LC no. |
2008015968 |
| ISBN |
9780230608399 |
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0230608396 |
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