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Overview"This book presents an ethnographic study of the experiences of teenage boys in an Australian high school. It follows a group of thirteen to fifteen year olds over a period of more than two years, and seeks to understand why so many boys say they hate school yet enjoy being with one another in their daily confrontations with the formal school. The study acknowledges the ongoing significance of the ""boys' debate"" to policy-makers and the media, and therefore to teachers and parents, but moves it on from issues of gender construction and the panic about achievement to the broader question of what it is to experience being schooled as a boy in the new liberal educational environment." Full Product DetailsAuthor: John Whelen (Monash University, Australia)Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Volume: 54 Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.710kg ISBN: 9780415879170ISBN 10: 0415879175 Pages: 290 Publication Date: 28 March 2011 Audience: College/higher education , Tertiary & Higher Education , Undergraduate Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviews'Having taught in a secondary school in Melbourne, Australia for 20-plus years, Whelen decided to pursue a PhD (Monash U.) and for his dissertation chose to do an ethnographic study of boys in school over a two-year period. The topic is alive with debate concerning such issues as whether schools have become feminized in recent years. Along with his theoretical framework, observations, and conclusions about the students, the author intertwines the experience of being an ethnographer in an environment where he had been an insider for many years.'-Reference and Research Book News 'In short, the text encompassing valuable ideas and perspectives for anyone seeking to understand a different way of reading a well-established discourse.' - Garth Stahl, Gender and Education Having taught in a secondary school in Melbourne, Australia for 20-plus years, Whelen decided to pursue a PhD (Monash U.) and for his dissertation chose to do an ethnographic study of boys in school over a two-year period. The topic is alive with debate concerning such issues as whether schools have become feminized in recent years. Along with his theoretical framework, observations, and conclusions about the students, the author intertwines the experience of being an ethnographer in an environment where he had been an insider for many years. --Reference and Research Book News Author InformationJohn Whelen is a tutor and research assistant in the faculty of education at Monash University, Australia. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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