Boys, Girls and Achievement by Becky Francis

Boys, Girls and Achievement by Becky Francis

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Analyses the strategies teachers can use to improve the educational achievements of both boys and girls. Also challenges gender construction in the classroom and thereby addresses the 'gender-gap' in achievement.

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Boys, Girls and Achievement by Becky Francis

Analyses the strategies teachers can use to improve the educational achievements of both boys and girls. Also challenges gender construction in the classroom and thereby addresses the 'gender-gap' in achievement.

'.. deserves to be widely bought and used in classrooms and teacher training.' - The Times Educational Supplement

'Becky Francis provides us with a very clear and level-headed account of these debates and her own reflections on them. She has written a most thoughtful and carefully researched book ... This is an excellent book.' - Miriam E. David, Educational Review

Becky Francis is Senior Research Fellow at the School of Post-Compulsory Education, University of Greenwich. Her research interests include gender identity construction in education, gender and achievement, feminist theory and policy development in nurse education.
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ISBN 13 9780415231626
ISBN 10 0415231620
Title Boys, Girls and Achievement
Author Becky Francis
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
Year published 2000-06-22
Number of pages 176
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.