Male underachievement in high school education in Jamaica, Barbados, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines / Odette Parry.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Parry, Odette, 1954- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Teenage boys--Education (Secondary)--West Indies.

Teenage boys.

Underachievers--West Indies--Social conditions--21st century.

Underachievers.

Sex differences in education--West Indies.

Sex differences in education.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (82 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Kingston, Jamaica : Canoe Press, 2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The growing regional and international concerns about the educational performance of males reflect a broader social anxiety about the plight of men in general and black men in particular. This concern has culminated in the marginalized male thesis, which has gained considerable academic attention and popular support in the media. In addressing the issue of male underachievement, the book challenges the popularly held assumption that boys fail because girls achieve. Rather than blaming Caribbean females for male underachievement, the book locates male educational performance in the historical context of Caribbean gender relationships, and structural constraints on the development of Caribbean gender identities. UNICEF and the Institute of Social and Economic Research funded the research on gender and Caribbean high school achievement upon which this book is based. Odette Parry and her colleagues conducted extensive in-depth interviews and participant observation research at schools in Jamaica, Barbados, and St Vincent and the Grenadines. After providing the research background and acknowledging the effect of the interviewers' cultural differences, Parry discusses key findings in t

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Gender and Caribbean High School Achievement; The Study Methods; Background to the Research; Gender Expectations; The Use of Verbal Discipline; The Issue of Male Role Models; Coeducation Versus Single Sex Schools; Gender Socialization: Issues of Nature and Nurture; Sex/Gender Identity Development; Concluding Discussion; Appendixes; Appendix 1: Policy Options and Practical Solutions; Appendix 2: Summary of Research Findings; Bibliography

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 69-75).

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4356-9473-2

OCLC:

940437481