Male underachievement in high school education in Jamaica, Barbados, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines / Odette Parry.

By:

Parry, Odette, 1954-

Publication details: Kingston, Jamaica : Canoe Press, 2000.Description: vi, 75 pages ; 23 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

976812573X
9789768125736

Subject(s):

Additional physical formats: Male underachievement in high school education in Jamaica, Barbados, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines.DDC classification:

373.12809729 22

LOC classification:

LC1394 .P37 2000

Contents:

Gender and Caribbean High School Achievement -- The Study Methods -- Background to the Research -- Gender Expectations -- The Use of Verbal Discipline -- The Issue of Male Role Models -- Coeducation Versus Single Sex Schools -- Gender Socialization: Issues of Nature and Nurture -- Sex/Gender Identity Development -- Concluding Discussion.

Summary: In addressing the issue of male underachievement, the book challenges the popularly held assumption that boys fail because girls achieve. Rather than blaming Caribbean females for male underachievement, the book locates male educational performance in the historical context of Caribbean gender identities. UNICEF and the Institute of Social and Economic Research funded the research on gender and Caribbean high school achievement upon which this book is based. Parry discusses key findings in the areas of gender expectations, verbal discipline, male role models, coeducation vs. single-sex schools, gender socialization, and sex/gender identity development.

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Item type	Current library	Shelving location	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	National Library of Jamaica	Daphne Douglas Reading Room	371.823 Ja Par (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		1000000021013
Books	OCLC Data	Rare Books Floor		Available		0000000009146

Includes bibliographical references (pages 69-75).

In addressing the issue of male underachievement, the book challenges the popularly held assumption that boys fail because girls achieve. Rather than blaming Caribbean females for male underachievement, the book locates male educational performance in the historical context of Caribbean gender identities. UNICEF and the Institute of Social and Economic Research funded the research on gender and Caribbean high school achievement upon which this book is based. Parry discusses key findings in the areas of gender expectations, verbal discipline, male role models, coeducation vs. single-sex schools, gender socialization, and sex/gender identity development.

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