Working-class boys especially tend to form anti-school subcultures - Paul Willis (1977) - found this research with the lads.
Tony Sewell (1977) - argues there is a black - anti-school masculinity
Diane Reay (2003) - found that boys felt they had little control over their educational learning and so seek power through other negative strategies.
Unlike the anti-school subculture discovered by Paul Willis, some researchers such as Abrahams (1988) and Mizra (1992) have found evidence of pro-school female subcultures who actively encourage each other to study
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