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Peer Group Cultures and Social Identity: An Integrated Approach to Understanding Masculinities
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Sherriff, Nigel – British Educational Research Journal, 2007
Sociological research investigating boys' masculinity performances has commonly recognised the importance of peer group cultures in identity construction. Whilst such work has undoubtedly offered important and useful frameworks for interpreting and understanding boys' behaviour in schools, the article argues that social psychological theories of…
Descriptors: Peer Groups, Psychology, Masculinity, Intergroup Relations
Student Attitudes, Image and the Gender Gap.
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Warrington, M.; Younger, M.; Williams, J. – British Educational Research Journal, 2000
Explores the different attitudes of English girls and boys to General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE) work. Provides suggestions to account for the differences, particularly related to peer pressure, image, and social groupings. Finds that boys were ridiculed more for working hard and were under greater pressure to confirm to a cool,…
Descriptors: Focus Groups, Foreign Countries, Gender Issues, Group Behavior
Lads, Lasses and (New) Labour: 14-16-year-old Students' Responses to the 'Laddish Behaviour and Boys' Underachievement' Debate.
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Francis, Becky – British Journal of Sociology of Education, 1999
Ex-Education Minister Stephen Byers claimed that "laddish behaviour" was in part responsible for English boys' academic underachievement. Presents and discusses students' responses to Byers' claim. Draws data from the semi-structured interviews of a study with 100 14-16-year-old students. (CMK)
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Foreign Countries, Gender Issues, Higher Education
The Gender Gap and Classroom Interactions: Reality and Rhetoric?
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Younger, Michael; Warrington, Molly; Williams, Jacquetta – British Journal of Sociology of Education, 1999
Examines the gender gap in classroom interactions between teachers and students in eight English secondary schools, focusing on the views of teaching staff, the perspectives of Year 11 students, and observations of teacher-student interaction in the classroom. Suggests that boys and girls are treated differently in many classrooms. (CMK)
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Females, Foreign Countries, Gender Issues