| Description |
ix,192 ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Pt. I. Boys' underachievement in context. 1. Schoolboy frictions: feminism and 'failing' boys / Debbie Epstein, Jannette Elwood and Valerie Hey [et al.]. 2. 'A habit of healthy idleness': boys' underachievement in historical perspective / Michele Cohen -- Pt. II. Different constructions of the debate and its undercurrents. 3. Girls will be girls and boys will be first / Pat Mahony. 4. 'Zero tolerance': gender performance and school failure / Lynn Raphael Reed. 5. Breaking out of the binary trap: boy's underachievement, schooling and gender relations / David Jackson. 6. Real boys don't work: 'underachievement', masculinity, and the harassment of 'sissies' / Debbie Epstein -- Pt. III. Boys, which boys? 7. Loose canons: exploding the myth of the 'black macho' lad / Tony Sewell. 8. Boys' underachievement, special needs practices and questions of equity / Valerie Hey, Diana Leonard and Harry Daniels [et al.] -- Pt. IV. Curriculum, assessment and the debate |
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9. Language and gender: who, if anyone, is disadvantaged by what? / Joan Swann. 10. Gendered learning outside and inside school: influences on achievement / Patricia Murphy and Jannette Elwood |
| Summary |
Challenging the widespread perception that all boys underachieve at school, this text raises the more important questions of why boys fail, which schools fail them, at what stage of education do they falter and is the criteria utilised appropriate |
| Notes |
"on behalf of the Centre for Research and Education on Gender, University of London, Institute of Education" - t.p |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Credits |
"On behalf of the Centre for Research and Education on Gender, University of London, Institute of Education." |
| Subject |
Academic achievement -- Great Britain.
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Boys -- Education -- Great Britain.
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Sex differences in education -- Great Britain.
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School failure -- Great Britain.
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Underachievers -- Great Britain.
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| Author |
Epstein, Debbie, 1945-
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University of London. Centre for Research and Education on Gender.
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| LC no. |
98018351 |
| ISBN |
0335202381 (paperback) |
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033520239X (cased) |
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