Part Part I Identifying the Issues -- chapter 1 Introduction and Overview -- chapter 2 Biological Effects -- chapter 3 Personal History: Childhood and Adolescence -- chapter 4 Social Relations and the Social World -- chapter 5 The Male Psyche -- chapter 6 What is New? -- part Part II Addressing the Issues -- chapter 7 Academic Achievement -- chapter 8 Schooling and Behaviour -- chapter 9 Boys at the Margins -- chapter 10 Understanding the Boys
Summary
Do you know what makes boys tick? In recent years suicide has drastically escalated among young males and academic underachievement is common, so it is of vital importance that our understanding of the young male psyche is well informed and not merely 'received wisdom'. John Head gets to the heart - and mind - of the matter, by tackling difficult, pertinent questions. Has male behaviour in school worsened, or has media hype inflated the proportions of a 'good story'? What is at the root of male violence? Are biological or social explanations telling the whole story? Head shows that it is only
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 109-118) and index
