Studies relating to gender - reasons for boys underachieving

studies relating to gender and why boys are underachieving. module G673 EDUCATION OPTION! 

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Mitsos and Browne
reasons for male underachievement in education.
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Mitsos and Browne
decline in manual work may result in loss of motivation by working class boys.
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Mac An Ghaill
crisis of masculinity. boys stopped trying as there were no prospects for them.
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Lacey
boys developed a subculture of failure.
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Wragg
pessimism in the playground. declining world of work and employment prospects affecting attitudes towards school in primary schools.
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Gorard & Sewell
coursework is major divider in attainment between boys and girls. boys lack work ethic.
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Wragg
boys see reading as feminine
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Buchanan
boys educational performance increased when dads got involved.
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British Market Bureau
only 12% fathers do help - work commitments
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Sewell
education has become feminised - masculine traits such as competitiveness no longer celebrated.
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Mitsos and Browne
teachers lax with boys more and let them get away with more.
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Licht and Dweck
boys overestimate their ability (M&B) so become over confident and do not try hard enough.
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Francis
boys are not as confident as they were and do not believe they are as able as girls.
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Warrington and Younger
boys would rather fail than compete and fail.
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Willis, Frosh, Archer
laddish cultures - think it represents a macho lad.
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Francis
boys career aspirations are not realistic and do not need 'qualifications'.
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Weiner et al
when boys failed there was a moral panic. what has changed now?
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decline in manual work may result in loss of motivation by working class boys.

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Mitsos and Browne

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crisis of masculinity. boys stopped trying as there were no prospects for them.

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boys developed a subculture of failure.

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pessimism in the playground. declining world of work and employment prospects affecting attitudes towards school in primary schools.

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