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Direct linkGrant, Julia – Johns Hopkins University Press, 2014
America's educational system has a problem with boys, and it's nothing new. The question of what to do with boys--the "boy problem"--has vexed educators and social commentators for more than a century. Contemporary debates about poor academic performance of boys, especially those of color, point to a myriad of reasons: inadequate and…
Descriptors: Males, Children, Urban Education, Academic Achievement
Whelen, John – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2011
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…
Descriptors: Ethnography, Educational Environment, Males, Foreign Countries
Ferguson, Ann Arnett – 2000
Through interviews and participation with 20 preadolescent African American boys from 1 urban elementary school in school and during leisure activities, the researcher explored what "getting into trouble" meant to the boys themselves, and what it meant to the teachers, principals, truant officers, and relatives of these children. Taken…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Black Students, Elementary Education, Interviews
Schwartz, Martin D.; DeKeseredy, Walter S. – 1997
This book links research on two topics--sexual assault on North American college and university campuses and the role played by male peer support in such assaults. Disputing the notion that college campuses are safe havens from crime, the first chapter defines sexual assault, notes the incidence and prevalence of campus sexual assault, and…
Descriptors: Aggression, Athletics, Behavior Standards, Colleges
