sociology - education (boys underachievement)

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how does literacy and boys underachievement relate?
argued that boys have poorer literacy skills as parents spend less time reading to sons and mums more likely to read, so the activity appears to be feminine.
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how does globalisation and the employment of men relate to boys and underachieving?
what does Mitos and Browne argue this leads to?
globalisation since 1980s led to relocating of manufacturing industry to lesser developed countries for cheap labour, so loss of traditionally male jobs.
a male 'identity crisis' as they lose motivation to get a job, so boys give up getting qualifications
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how can the link with globalisation be criticised?
traditionally male jobs rarely need few qualifications, so the disappearance of aqailibilyt of these jobs is unlikely to affect boys motivation to get them
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what is the relation between male teachers and boys underachievement?
only 14% of primary teachers are male
42% boys work harder and behave better with male teacher
40% of 8-11 year olds don't have male teacher
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how can the relation between male teachers and boys underachievement be criticised by Read?
criticises the claim that only male teachers exert the firm discipline that boys need for they to work better. 'disciplinary discourse' = lang used to express authority mainly associated with men. he found female teachers use this also
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what did Francis find about boys and being negatively labelled by peers?
she found boys more concerned about being negatively labelled by peers as it threatens their masculine identity
wc see non-manual work (school) as effeminate and inferior
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what is 'laddish' subcultures?
as girls move into more traditionally male areas, boys (mainly wc) become more 'laddish' in an effort to identity themselves as non-feminine', leads to underachievement
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what does Ringrose argue about a 'moral panic' of boys?
there is a moral panic about 'failing boys', reflecting the fear of underachieving wc boys becoming dangerous, unemployable underpass that threatens social solidarity
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what educational policies and schemes has this led to?
'Reading Champions' = uses male role models celebrating their reading interests to promote it
'Dads and Sons' = encourages fathers to be more active in their sons education.
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a male 'identity crisis' as they lose motivation to get a job, so boys give up getting qualifications

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