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Oatmeal Facials and Sock Wrestling: The Perils and Promises of Extra-Curricular Strategies for "Fixing" Boys' Education
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Weaver-Hightower, Marcus B. – Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, 2010
Advocates for boys' education have forwarded numerous "fixes" for boys' supposed educational woes, including both academic and non-academic programs and strategies. This article focuses on the lesser-discussed non-academic, extra-curricular means suggested, specifically outdoor education. Using qualitative analysis of an Australian…
Descriptors: Outdoor Education, Interpersonal Relationship, Interaction, Males