Working-Class Boys and Educational Success - Teenage Identities, Masculinities and Urban Schooling (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018)

This book examines the complex relationship between working-class masculinities and educational success. Drawing on a small sample of young men attending either a selective grammar or a secondary school in the same urban area of Belfast, the author demonstrates that contrary to popular belief, some working-class boys are engaged with education, are motivated to succeed and have high aspirations. However, the structures of schooling in a society where working class-ness is seen as feckless, tasteless and cultureless make the processes of becoming successful more challenging than they need to be. This volume reveals the unique processes of reconciling success and identities for individual working-class boys, and the important role schools have to play in this negotiation. Highly relevant to those engaged in teacher training in socially unequal societies, this book will also appeal to practitioners, sociologists of education, scholars of social justice and Bourdieusian theorists.

General

Imprint:	Palgrave Macmillan
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Palgrave Studies in Gender and Education
Release date:	May 2018
First published:	2018
Authors:	Nicola Ingram
Dimensions:	210 x 148 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages:	244
Edition:	1st ed. 2018
ISBN-13:	978-1-137-40158-8
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Education > Teaching of specific groups > General Promotions
LSN:	1-137-40158-3
Barcode:	9781137401588

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