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Success on the decks: working-class boys, education and turning the tables on perceptions of failure

Success on the decks: working-class boys, education and turning the tables on perceptions of failure

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Success on the decks: working-class boys, education and turning the tables on perceptions of failure

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Success on the decks: working-class boys, education and turning the tables on perceptions of failure

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Abingdon: Routledge

Journal title

Gender and education, 2013-05, Vol.25 (3), p.357-372

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English

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Abingdon: Routledge

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Contents

Although working-class boys' disengagement with education continues to be a major public concern, the focus of educational research has been on anti-school, hyper-masculine so-called laddish masculinities and their salience within learner identities. What tend to be forgotten are the areas in which low-achieving boys actively engage and succeed in...

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Success on the decks: working-class boys, education and turning the tables on perceptions of failure

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TN_cdi_proquest_journals_1356999991

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_journals_1356999991

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ISSN

0954-0253

E-ISSN

1360-0516

DOI

10.1080/09540253.2012.756856

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