This book offers an illuminating analysis of the theories, politics, and realities of boys’ education around the world -- an insightful and often disturbing account of various educational systems’ successes and failings in fostering intellectual and social growth in male students. Examining original research on the impact of implementing boys’ education programs in schools, the book also discusses the role of male teachers in educating boys, strategies for aiding marginalized boys in the classroom, and the possibilities for gender reform in schools that begins at the level of pedagogy. Complete with case studies of various classrooms, school districts, and governmental policy programs, the detailed essays collected provide a look into education’s role in the development of masculinities, paying special attention to the ways in which these masculinities intersect with race, class, and sexuality to complicate the experience of boys within and outside of a classroom setting.
Author(s): Wayne Martino, Michael D Kehler, Marcus Weaver-Hightower
Edition: 1
Year: 2009
Language: English
Pages: 312
Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Contents......Page 6
Contributors......Page 8
Preface......Page 13
1 Issues of Boys’ Education in the United States: Diffuse Contexts and Futures......Page 24
2 Gender Policies in Australia and the United Kingdom: The Construction of “New” Boys and Girls......Page 59
3 What Can We Expect?: A Strategy to Help Schools Hoping for virtue......Page 79
4 Why Does She Need Me?: Young Men, Gender, and Personal Practice......Page 105
5 Masculinity, Racialization, and Schooling: The Making of Marginalized Men......Page 125
6 Troubles of Black Boys in Urban Schools in the United States: Black Feminist and Gay Men’s Perspectives......Page 147
7 The Beer and the Boyz: Masculine Traditions in a Post-Industrial Economy......Page 172
8 Hostile High School Hallways......Page 192
9 Boys, Friendships, and Knowing “It Wouldn’t Be Unreasonable to Assume I Am Gay”......Page 221
10 Tomboys and “Female Masculinity”: (Dis)Embodying Hegemonic Masculinity, Queering Gender Identities and Relations......Page 247
11 What Can He Want? Male Teachers, Young Children, and Teaching Desire......Page 265
12 Beyond Male Role Models: Interrogating the Role of Male Teachers in Boys’ Education......Page 285
Index......Page 304
