Francis, Becky

Reassessing gender and achievement : questioning contemporary key debates / Becky Francis and Christine Skeleton - New York : Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, 2005 - viii, 200 p.

Introduction;
Perspective on gender and achievement;
The construction of gender and achievement in education policy;
Evaluating ‘boys’ underachievement;
Explaining gender differences in achievement;
What has happened to the girls?;
The future for boys and girls? Re-constructions of gender and achievement;
Raising achievement: what ‘works in the classroom’?


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Great Britain
Academic achievement
Sex differences in education
Boys--Education

371.8220941 / F8471