Younger, Mike, 1948-

Raising boys' achievement in secondary schools [electronic resource] / Mike Younger and Molly Warrington, with Ros McLellan. - Maidenhead ; New York : Open University Press, 2005. - x, 209 p. : ill.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [187]-204) and index.

Boys and girls talking -- National and international dimensions : context and causes -- The conundrum of the gender gap -- What about the girls? -- Raising boys' achievements within an inclusive context -- The context of the classroom : pedagogies and teacher-learning styles -- The context of the individual : target-setting and mentoring -- Organizational contexts : equal opportunities in the single-sex classroom -- The socio-cultural key -- Gender and achievement in special schools -- Policy directions within an inclusive context.


Electronic reproduction.
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Teenage boys--Education (Secondary)--Evaluation.
Academic achievement--Sex differences.
Sex differences in education.
Motivation in education.
Underachievers.

LC1394 / .Y68 2005eb

370.15/1

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