boys and achievement
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- Created on: 17-04-13 17:48
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- BOYS AND ACHIEVEMENT
- BOYS AND LITERACY
- gender gap due to boys poor literacy and language skills
- parents don't read to boys as much, mum do it- female thing
- football and computer games don't help boys devlop language compared to girls passtimes
- DECLINE OF TRADITIONAL MENSJOBS
- Decline in heavy industries such as in iron steel ship building ect which were typically male, has led to identity crisis
- FEMINISATION OF EDUCATION
- Schools do not nurture 'masculine' traits such as competitiveness and leadership
- SHORTAGE OF MALE PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHERS
- Lack of strong positive role models
- only 16% of primary teachers are male
- 'LADDISH' SUBCULTURES
- Working class boys are likely to be harassed, labelled experience homophobic abuse if they appear to be swats
- FRANCIS as girls move in to masculine areas boys become more laddish in effort to not be seen as feminine
- working class male culture is about being tough and doing manual work
- BOYS AND LITERACY
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