Research Catalog

Title

Boys' underachievement in education : an exploration in selected Commonwealth countries / by Jyotsna Jha and Fatimah Kelleher.

Author

Jha, Jyotsna.

Publication

London : Commonwealth Secretariat ; Vancouver, B.C. : Commonwealth of Learning, 2006.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Kelleher, Fatimah.
• Commonwealth Secretariat.
• Commonwealth of Learning.

Description

xiv, 133 pages; 24 cm

Summary

"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

Commonwealth of Learning

Uniform Title

Commonwealth of Learning (Series)

Alternative Title

Underachievement in education

Subject

• Boys > Education > Commonwealth countries
• Sex differences in education > Commonwealth countries
• Underachievers > Commonwealth countries
• Educational equalization > Commonwealth countries
• Boys > Education > Commonwealth countries > Case studies
• Sex differences in education > Commonwealth countries > Case studies
• Underachievers > Commonwealth countries > Case studies
• Gender identity
• Males
• Participation
• Socioeconomic influences
• Underachievement
• Case studies
• Boys > Education
• Educational equalization
• Sex differences in education
• Underachievers
• Schulversagen
• Schüler
• Discriminação sexual (educação)
• Gêneros (grupos sociais) (educação)
• Crianças (educação;discriminação)
• Commonwealth countries

Genre/Form

• New Zealand fiction
• Case studies.
• Études de cas.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 122-132).

Contents

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.

ISBN

• 0850928451
• 9780850928457

LCCN

2008360605

OCLC

• ocm81877550
• 81877550
• SCSB-8921570

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library