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Boys' underachievement in education : an exploration in selected Commonwealth countries

Title
  1. Boys' underachievement in education : an exploration in selected Commonwealth countries / by Jyotsna Jha and Fatimah Kelleher.
Published by
  1. London : Commonwealth Secretariat ; Vancouver, B.C. : Commonwealth of Learning, 2006.
Author
  1. Jha, Jyotsna.

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Additional authors
  1. Kelleher, Fatimah.
  2. Commonwealth Secretariat.
  3. Commonwealth of Learning.
Description
  1. xiv, 133 pages; 24 cm
Summary
  1. "This book reviews the research on boys' underachievement and presents the arguments that have been put forward to understand its causes. The authors also present new studies from Australia, Jamaica, Lesotho, and Samoa: and they use both the research and the evidence from the case studies to explore the causes and policy implications of this trend - the first time a truly cross-regional approach has been applied to this issue." "This book will interest all education policy makers and analysts concerned to ensure gender equality in school education."--Jacket.
Series statement
  1. Commonwealth of Learning
Uniform title
  1. Commonwealth of Learning (Series)
Alternative title
  1. Underachievement in education
Subject
  1. Boys > Education > Commonwealth countries
  2. Sex differences in education > Commonwealth countries
  3. Underachievers > Commonwealth countries
  4. Educational equalization > Commonwealth countries
  5. Boys > Education > Commonwealth countries > Case studies
  6. Sex differences in education > Commonwealth countries > Case studies
  7. Underachievers > Commonwealth countries > Case studies
  8. Gender identity
  9. Males
  10. Participation
  11. Socioeconomic influences
  12. Underachievement
  13. Case studies
  14. Boys > Education
  15. Educational equalization
  16. Sex differences in education
  17. Underachievers
  18. Schulversagen
  19. Schüler
  20. Discriminação sexual (educação)
  21. Gêneros (grupos sociais) (educação)
  22. Crianças (educação;discriminação)
  23. Commonwealth countries
Genre/Form
  1. New Zealand fiction
  2. Case studies.
  3. Études de cas.
Contents
  1. pt. I. Cross-country analysis -- 1. Introduction and background -- 2. What the existing literature says -- 3. Varying dimensions and lessons emerging from selected commonwealth countries -- pt. II. The case studies -- 4. Australia : socialisation and socio-economics -- 5. Jamaica : alienation and high drop-out rates -- 6. Lesotho : a case of under-participation -- 7. Samoa : a major challenge to the education system.
Owning institution
  1. Princeton University Library
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references (p. 122-132).