Boys and their schooling : the experience of becoming someone else

291 Pages·2011·3.051 MB·English

by  John Whelen

Boys and Their
Schooling
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Boys and Their
Schooling
The Experience of Becoming
Someone Else
John Whelen
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Boys and their schooling: the experience of becoming someone else/
by John Whelen.
p. cm.—(Routledge research in education)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Boys—Education. 2. Sex differences in education—United States.
3. Men—Identity. 4. Education and state—United States. I. Title.
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Contents
Acknowledgments xi
Part I:
Boys in the Frame
1 Getting at Experience 3
2 The Schoolboy as Object of Study 32
3 Writing the Schoolboy 60
4 Observing Participation 91
Part II:
That Unstable Construct
5 Monday Morning 101
6 George 124
7 Year 9 147
8 The Student Body 180
9 The Aspirational Self 202
10 Conclusion: Another New Beginning 226
Epilogue 236
Appendix I: Reading Interview Transcriptions 237