Challenging current theories about gender and achievement, this book assesses the issues
at stake and analyses the policy drives and changing perceptions of gender on which …

Here is an important volume offering new insights into the generational transformation of
Japanese hegemonic masculinity. Drawing on thirty-nine life-histories of three generations …

Contemporary men's studies arises from a history of debates about gender relations, men,
and masculinities, yet represents a new departure based on social analysis of gender and …

In this paper we address important issues related to boys' education within the context of a
backlash politics against feminism. We draw on relevant and significant literature in …

The first book of its kind internationally, Border Sexualities, Border Families in Schools
explores the experiences of bisexual students, mixed sexual orientation families, and …

Gender disparity in education has usually been experienced as disadvantaging girls.
Although this continues to be the case in many places, the phenomenon of boys' …

In March 2001, the Analysis and Equity Branch of the then Department of Education,
Training and Youth Affairs (DETYA) commissioned the Centre for Learning Change and …

This paper explores the policy of single‐sex classes that is currently being adopted in some
schools as a strategy for addressing boys' educational and social needs. It draws on …

Exploring current approaches to addressing boys' education in schools, this book highlights
the limitations of structural reform initiatives and the failure to address the impact of …

This paper exploresthe effects of specific teacher threshold knowledges about boys and
gender on the implementation of a so‐called 'boy friendly'curriculum at one junior secondary …