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Understanding the boys : issues of behaviour and achievement / John Head.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Head, John (John O.)
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Teenage boys--Education--Great Britain.
- Teenage boys.
- Teenage boys--Great Britain--Psychology.
- Teenage boys--Great Britain--Physiology.
- Academic achievement--Great Britain.
- Academic achievement.
- Teenage boys--Great Britain--Social conditions.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (127 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Falmer Press, 2002.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Attention is given to general aspects of learning and assessment before examining the response of boys to specific subjects within the curriculum. Personal, social and health education concerns are addressed.
- Contents:
- Book Cover; Title; Contents; Acknowledgments; Identifying the Issues; Introduction and Overview; Biological Effects; Personal History: Childhood and Adolescence; Social Relations and the Social World; The Male Psyche; What is New?; Addressing the Issues; Academic Achievement; Schooling and Behaviour; Boys at the Margins; Understanding the Boys; Recommended reading; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [109]-118) and index.
- OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
- ISBN:
- 0-7507-8662-0
- 1-135-70806-1
- 1-135-70807-X
- 0-203-15879-2
- 1-280-40069-2
- 0-203-01173-2
- 9780203011737
- OCLC:
- 57013668
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