基本説明
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.
Full Description
* 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.
Contents
Preface'What about the boys?'an overiew of the debatesThe significance of teaching English boysexploring social change, modern schooling and the making of masculinitiesRethinking masculinitiesnew ideas for schooling boysPushing it to the maxinterrogating the risky business of being a boyChallenging boysaddressing issues of masculinity within a gender equity framework'Powerful people aren't usually real kind, friendly, open people!'boys interrogating masculinities at schoolBoyz' own storiesmasculinities and sexualities in schools'Learning to laugh?'a study of schoolboy humour in the English secondary schoolSad, bad or sexy boys'girls talk in and out of the classroomTransgressing the masculineAfrican-American boys and the failure of schools'Someone has to go through'indigenous boys, staying on at school and negotiating masculinitiesNaughty boys at schoolperspectives on boys and disciplineBoys will be boysMaths talk is boys' talkconstructing masculinitiy in school mathematicsBoys, books and breaking boundariesdeveloping literacy in and out of school'I like smashing people, and I like getting smashed myself'addressing issues of masculinity in physical education and sportIndex.NER(01): WOW
