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Schooling the boys : masculinities and primary education / Christine Skelton.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Educating boys, learning genderPublisher: Buckingham [England] ; Philadelphia, Pa. : Open University Press, 2001Description: xiv, 203 pages ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0335206956
  • 9780335206957
  • 0335206964
  • 9780335206964
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 372.18210941
LOC classification:
  • LC1390. S54 2001
Contents:
Series editors' introduction -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Part 1. Context and theoretical perspectives -- 1. A history of boys' schooling -- 2. Theorizing masculinities -- 3. Boys and primary schooling: a feminist perspective -- Part 2. Inside the primary classroom -- 4. Primary schools and local communities -- 5. Being a (school) boy -- 6. Male teachers and primary schools -- 7. Heterosexuality in the primary classroom -- 8. Conclusion: gender in the primary classroom -- References -- Index.
Review: "This book explores where masculinity is in primary schools. It has been argued by some commentators that a contributory factor to boys' underachievement is the predominance of women teachers in primary schools which has led to classroom management and teaching styles which "favour" girls. As this book shows, primary schools produce a range of masculinities for pupils to draw on. A number of questions are raised: what are the tensions for boys between what the school expects from them as "school pupils" and how they are drawn to behave as a "boy"? How does a primary school produce certain masculine styles in its day-to-day routines? In what ways do girls respond to male practices and behaviours in the primary school classroom? The book aims to provide readers with an understanding of the background literature on boys and schooling, an insight into "masculinity-making" in primary schools, and to offer strategies for developing gender-relevant programmes."--BOOK JACKET.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 180-198) and index.

Series editors' introduction -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Part 1. Context and theoretical perspectives -- 1. A history of boys' schooling -- 2. Theorizing masculinities -- 3. Boys and primary schooling: a feminist perspective -- Part 2. Inside the primary classroom -- 4. Primary schools and local communities -- 5. Being a (school) boy -- 6. Male teachers and primary schools -- 7. Heterosexuality in the primary classroom -- 8. Conclusion: gender in the primary classroom -- References -- Index.

"This book explores where masculinity is in primary schools. It has been argued by some commentators that a contributory factor to boys' underachievement is the predominance of women teachers in primary schools which has led to classroom management and teaching styles which "favour" girls. As this book shows, primary schools produce a range of masculinities for pupils to draw on. A number of questions are raised: what are the tensions for boys between what the school expects from them as "school pupils" and how they are drawn to behave as a "boy"? How does a primary school produce certain masculine styles in its day-to-day routines? In what ways do girls respond to male practices and behaviours in the primary school classroom? The book aims to provide readers with an understanding of the background literature on boys and schooling, an insight into "masculinity-making" in primary schools, and to offer strategies for developing gender-relevant programmes."--BOOK JACKET.

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