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Teaching boys : developing classroom practices that work / Amanda Keddie & Martin Mills.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Keddie, Amanda.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Boys--Education--Case studies.
- Boys.
- Motivation in education--Case studies.
- Motivation in education.
- Academic achievement--Case studies.
- Academic achievement.
- Sex differences in education--Case studies.
- Sex differences in education.
- Boys--Education.
- Genre:
- Case studies.
- Physical Description:
- xvii, 246 pages ; 21 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Crows Nest, NSW : Allen & Unwin, 2007.
- Summary:
- Persistently cheeky, disruptive, even aggressive boys can be found in classrooms everywhere, as can the victims of bullying. These boys' behaviours often pose a problem to themselves as well as to others. As the hotly contested debates about boys' education swirl around them, what can teachers actually do to improve boys' performance in the classroom?
- Teaching Boys provides a practical framework for teachers to improve boys' education in ways that are appropriate for their school context and also sustainable.
- Drawing on intensive research in classrooms where innovative teachers are achieving good outcomes with boys, Keddie and Mills show how other teachers can learn from their success. They acknowledge that there are no simple solutions, but show that what teachers do in the classroom really does matter. They emphasise the importance of understanding the impact of dominant and subversive masculinities at all levels of schooling, on both boys and girls.
- Contents:
- 1 Gender justice and teaching boys 1
- 2 Boys and productive pedagogies 44
- 3 Jennifer: A fresh look at taken-for-granted ways of being 83
- 4 Ross: Afflicting the comfortable and comforting the afflicted 111
- 5 Rachel: Challenging 'power-driven' notions of being male 143
- 6 Monica: Schooling children for life beyond school 179
- 7 Practices of persistence and hope 212.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [227]-239) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781741752427
- 1741752426
- OCLC:
- 181079697
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