Challenging Macho Values

Ways of Working with Adolescent Boys in Secondary Schools
1. Auflage 1996
ISBN: 978-0-7507-0483-0
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 314 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 635 g

Using a mix of the latest theory on boys, men and masculinities and candid accounts of classroom-based practice in an inner -city school, Challenging Macho Values examines the hidden problem of what is happening to our adolescent boys today - why they are disruptive, damaging to themselves and others, and underachieving.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Salisbury, JONATHAN

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Pädagogische Psychologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Schulen, Schulleitung Weiterführende Schulen
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Entwicklungspsychologie Pädagogische Psychologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments, Acting Hard — A poem by David Jackson, Preface by Jeff Hearn, 1. Introduction: Why Should Schools Take Working with Adolescent Boys Seriously?, 2. The Secondary School as a Gendered Institution, 3. Boys’ Sexualities, 4. Sexual Harassment, 5. Violence and Bullying, 6. Media Education, Boys and Masculinities, 7. Language as a Weapon, 8. The Ideal Manly Body, 9. School Sport and the Making of Boys and Men, 10. Boys’ Well-being: Learning to Take Care of Themselves and Others, 11. How Boys Become Real Lads: Life Stories about the Making of Boys, 12. Playing War, 13. Fathers and Sons, Bibliography, Index

Über Autor(innen)

Jonathan Salisbury taught in secondary schools for over twenty years and is presently working with boys in an inner-city comprehensive school in Derby as part of a research project. He has also been working with Nottingham Agenda and participating in men's conscious-raising groups for ten years. David Jackson taught in secondary English departments for nearly twenty years. He is co-founder of Nottingham Agenda, an anti-sexist programme that works with abusive and violent men and has been involved in men's groups and masculinity issues for over ten years.