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Author Martino, Wayne

Title Being normal is the only way to be : adolescent perspectives on gender and school / Wayne Martino and Maria Pallotta-Chiarolli
Published Sydney, NSW : UNSW Press, 2005

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 194 pages)
Series James Bennett Etitle
James Bennett Etitle
Contents CONTENTS; Authors' note; Acknowledgments; Preface; Introduction: Acknowledging student voice; 1: BOYS AND SCHOOL; 2: GIRLS AND SCHOOL; 3: BEING A BOY; 4: BEING A GIRL; 5: BOYS HARASSING GIRLS IN SCHOOL; 6: 'BULLY BOYS' AND 'BITCH BARBIES'; 7: DEVELOPING STUDENT WELFARE POLICIES; 8: CONCLUSION; References; Index
Summary A book for teachers and parents of adolescents. Draws on the writings of teenage boys and girls and uses these to build specific knowledge about what it means to be an adolescent at school, what it means to be Cool and Normal, and the effects of these social constructions on learning and relationships
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-190) and index
Notes English
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Subject Teenagers -- Australia -- Conduct of life
Teenagers -- Australia -- Attitudes
Gender identity in education -- Australia
Sex differences in education -- Australia
EDUCATION -- Students & Student Life.
Gender identity in education
Sex differences in education
Teenagers -- Attitudes
Teenagers -- Conduct of life
Social Welfare & Social Work.
Social Sciences.
Child & Youth Development.
Australia
Form Electronic book
Author Pallotta-Chiarolli, Maria, 1960-
ISBN 1423789962
9781423789963
0868407704
9780868407708
0868406872
9780868406879