The problem with boys' education
Subtitle: beyond the backlash
By: edited by Wayne Martino, Michael Kehler, and Marcus Weaver-Hightower.
Contributors: Martino, Wayne.; Kehler, Michael.; Weaver-Hightower, Marcus B.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 290
ISBN-13: 9781560236825; 9781560236832
Subjects: Boys -- Education; Sex differences in education; Men -- Identity
Description: This title offers an illuminating analysis of the theories, politics, and realities of boys' education around the world, offering an insightful and often disturbing account of various educational systems' successes and failings in fostering intellectual and social growth in male students.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Issues of boys' education in the United States: diffuse contexts and futures / Marcus Weaver-Hightower; title: Gender policies in Australia and the UK: the construction of new boys and girls / Martin Mills, Becky Francis, and Christine Skelton; title: What can we expect of boys?: a strategy to help schools hoping for justice / Michael C. Reichert, Peter Kuriloff, and Brett Stoudt; title: "Why does she need me"?: young men, gender politics, and personal practice / Rebecca Priegert Coulter; title: Masculinity, racialization, and schooling: the making of marginalized men / Carl E. James; title: Troubles of black boys in urban schools in the United States: black feminist and gay men's perspectives / Lance T. McCready; title: The beer and the boyz: masculine transitions in a post-industrial economy / Anoop Nayak; title: Hostile high school hallways / Michael Kimmel; title: Boys, friendships, and knowing "it wouldn't be unreasonable to assume I am gay?" / Michael Kehler; title: Tomboys and "female masculinity": (dis)embodying hegemonic masculinity, queering gender identities and relations / Emma Renold; title: What can he want?: male teachers, young children, and teaching desire / James R. King; title: Beyond male role models: interrogating the role of male teachers in boys' education / Wayne Martino.