"War, Guns, and Cool, Tough Things": Interrogating Single-Sex Classes as a Strategy for Engaging Boys in English.

Martino, Wayne; Meyenn, Bob

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ERIC Number: EJ676753

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 2002

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"War, Guns, and Cool, Tough Things": Interrogating Single-Sex Classes as a Strategy for Engaging Boys in English.

Martino, Wayne; Meyenn, Bob

Cambridge Journal of Education, v32 n3 p303-24 Nov 2002

Investigates impact/effects of implementing single-sex classes, particularly as a strategy for engaging boys in the English classroom at a Catholic coeducational school (Perth, Western Australia). Uses semi-structured interviews with English teachers at the school to analyze teacher perceptions of single-sex classes in the coeducational context. (BT)

Descriptors: Catholic Schools, Coeducation, English Instruction, English Teachers, Foreign Countries, Interviews, Males, Teacher Attitudes

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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