1st Edition
Boys, Girls and Achievement Addressing the Classroom Issues
By Becky Francis
Copyright 2000
180 Pages
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Routledge
176 Pages
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Routledge
176 Pages
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Routledge
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Girls are now out-performing boys at GCSE level, giving rise to a debate in the media on boys' underachievement. However, often such work has been a 'knee-jerk' response, led by media, not based on solid research. Boys, Girls and Achievement - Addressing the Classroom Issues fills that gap and: *provides a critical overview of the current debate on achievement; *Focuses on interviews with young... Read more
Introduction 1.Gender and Achievement: A Summary of Debates 2.Theoretical Perspectives of Gender Identity 3.Gendered Classroom Culture 4.Young People's Constructions of Gender and Status 5.Young People's Talk about Gender and Studentship 6.Young People's Views of the Importance of Gender and Education for their Lives 7.Young People's Talk about Gender and Behaviour 8.Discussion: Gender, Achievement and Status 9.Teaching Strategies for the Future
Biography
Becky Francis is Senior Research Fellow at the School of Post-Compulsory Education, University of Greenwich. Her research interests include gender identity construction in education, gender and achievement, feminist theory and policy development in nurse education.
'... deserves to be widely bought and used in classrooms and teacher training.' - The Times Educational Supplement
'Becky Francis provides us with a very clear and level-headed account of these debates and her own reflections on them. She has written a most thoughtful and carefully researched book ... This is an excellent book.' - Miriam E. David, Educational Review
