Learning the Hard Way : Masculinity, Place, and the Gender Gap in Education /

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In Learning the Hard Way, Edward W. Morris explores and analyzes detailed ethnographic data to examine the purported gender gap between boys and girls in educational achievement at two low-income high schools-one rural and predominantly white, the other urban and mostly African American. He explains...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Morris, Edward W., 1973-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, 2012.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Sex differences in education.
Men > Identity.
Black people > Race identity.
Academic achievement.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > General.
EDUCATION > Educational Psychology.
Hommes > États-Unis > Identite > Études de cas.
Differences entre sexes en education > États-Unis > Études de cas.
Academic achievement > United States > Case studies.
Black people > Race identity > United States > Case studies.
Men > United States > Identity > Case studies.
High school boys > United States > Social conditions > Case studies.
Sex differences in education > United States > Case studies.
United States.
Case studies.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:In Learning the Hard Way, Edward W. Morris explores and analyzes detailed ethnographic data to examine the purported gender gap between boys and girls in educational achievement at two low-income high schools-one rural and predominantly white, the other urban and mostly African American. He explains how race, class, and geographic location combine to influence and complicate the construction of gender identities in high school students and affect the respective academic performance of the stud.
Notas:Title from PDF title page (viewed on August 30, 2012).
Descripción Física:1 online resource (224 pages).
ISBN:9780813553689

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