| Description |
xiv, 242 pages ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
1. "What about the boys?" An overview of the debates / Victoria Foster, et al -- 2. The significance of teaching English boys: exploring social change, modern schooling and the making of masculinities / Chris Haywood and Máirtín Mac an Ghaill -- 3. Rethinking masculinities: new ideas for schooling boys / Michael C. Reichert -- 4. Pushing it to the max: interrogating the risky business of being a boy / Martin Mills -- 5. Challenging boys: addressing issues of masculinity within a gender equity framework / Lori Beckett -- 6. "Powerful people aren't usually real kind, friendly, open people!": boys interrogating masculinities at school / Wayne Martino -- 7. Boyz' own stories: masculinities and sexualities in schools / Debbie Epstein -- 8. "Learning to laugh": a study of schoolboy humour in the English secondary school / Anoop Nayak and Mary Jane Kehily -- 9. "Sad, bad or sexy boys": girls talk in and out of the classroom / Valerie Hey, et al -- 10. Transgressing the masculine: African-American boys and the failure of schools / James Earl Davis -- 11. "Someone has to go through": indigenous boys, staying on at school and negotiating masculinities / Lee Simpson, et al -- 12. Naughty boys at school: perspectives on boys and discipline / Bob Meyenn and Judith Parker -- 13. Boys will be boys (if they pay attention in science class) / Will Letts -- 14. Maths talk is boys' talk: constructing masculinity in school mathematics / Anne Chapman -- 15. Boys, books and breaking boundaries: developing literacy in and out of school / Christine Hall and Martin Coles -- 16. "I like smashing people, and I liked getting smashed myself": addressing issues of masculinity in physical education and sport / Michael Gard.í |
| Summary |
How can teachers address the challenge of educating boys for life in the 21st century? What aspects of schooling are particularly problematic for boys? How do issues of class, race and sexuality impact upon boys educational experiences? This edited collection brings together leading researchers from Australia, United Kingdom and the United States to explore issues of boys, schooling and masculinities within the context of the current concern about the education of boys. The contributors draw on detailed empirical research to highlight some important issues that are not addressed in public debates about boys in the media. Chapter topics include international perspectives on debates about boys; teaching boys; programs for boys in schools; boys and risk taking; boys and discipline; boys and sexuality; Afro-American boys; indigenous boys in Australian schools; boys and reading; boys and maths; boys, dance and sport; boys and science; girls' talk about boys. The book will be important and compelling reading for all teachers concerned with the education of boys |
| Analysis |
Gender studies Sociology |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Boys -- Education.
|
|
Masculinity.
|
|
Sex differences in education.
|
|
Gender identity.
|
| Author |
Meyenn, Bob, 1944-
|
|
Martino, Wayne.
|
| LC no. |
2001021072 |
| ISBN |
0335206239 paperback |
|
0335206247 |
|
