BOYS, LITERACIES AND SCHOOLING by Leonie Rowan

BOYS, LITERACIES AND SCHOOLING by Leonie Rowan

Current debates about boys and schooling in many Western nations are increasingly characterised by a sense of crisis as government reports, academic research and the day to day experiences of teachers combine to indicate that: * boys are consistently underperforming in literacy * boys are continuing to opt out of English and humanities * boys represent the majority of behaviour problems and counselling referrals * boys receive a disproportionate amount of special education support This book responds to the complexity of the current debates associated with boys, gender reform, literacy and schooling by offering a clear map of the current context, highlighting the strengths and weaknesses of the various competing solutions put forward, and outlining a range of practical classroom interventions designed for dealing with the boys/literacy crisis. The authors consider the ways in which particular views of masculinity, gender reform, literacy, technology and popular culture can either open up or close down new conceptualisations of what it means to be a boy and what it means to be literate.

“…very interesting in terms of discourse analysis and gender issues in educationI would recommend the book to students and teachers involved in researching gender issues…an interesting and helpful discussion of the limitations of quick-fix solutions.” – Improving Schools

Colin Lankshear is Professor of Literacy and New Technologies at James Cook University, Australia, Visiting Scholar at McGill University, Canada, and an Adjunct Teacher at the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico.

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ISBN 13	9780335207565
ISBN 10	0335207561
Title	BOYS, LITERACIES AND SCHOOLING
Author	Leonie Rowan
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Open University Press
Year published	2001-12-16
Number of pages	256
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