Being normal is the only way to be : adolescent perspectives on gender and school / Wayne Martino and Maria Pallotta-Chiarolli.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Martino, Wayne, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Teenagers--Australia--Attitudes.

Teenagers.

Teenagers--Australia--Social conditions.

High school students--Australia--Attitudes.

High school students.

Gender identity--Australia.

Gender identity.

High school environment--Australia.

High school environment.

Education, Secondary--Australia.

Education, Secondary.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (207 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Sydney : University of New South Wales Press Ltd, [2005]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A book for teachers and parents of adolescents. It is colourful, absorbing, illuminating, and - critically - practical. Each chapter draws on the perceptions and writings of teenage boys and girls, and uses these to build a specific knowledge about what it means to be an adolescent at school, what it means to be 'cool' and 'normal', and the effects of these social constructions on learning and relationships.

Contents:

CONTENTS; Authors' note; Acknowledgments; Preface; Introduction: Acknowledging student voice; 1: BOYS AND SCHOOL; 2: GIRLS AND SCHOOL; 3: BEING A BOY; 4: BEING A GIRL; 5: BOYS HARASSING GIRLS IN SCHOOL; 6: 'BULLY BOYS' AND 'BITCH BARBIES'; 7: DEVELOPING STUDENT WELFARE POLICIES; 8: CONCLUSION; References; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-4237-8996-2

0-86840-770-4

OCLC:

225975326