HOW POWERFUL PEOPLE KEPT BOYS’ EDUCATION OFF THE AGENDA: A WARNING FOR PARENTS AND THE PUBLIC
INTRODUCTION Boys underachieve at school. That statement is now so clearly understood that it is a cliché. Numerous studies have pointed...
BEST PRACTICE IN BOYS’ EDUCATION: A SUMMARY OF A REPORT FOR PARENTS AND EDUCATORS
This Report summarises the Report of a Project done at The King’s School, Parramatta, Australia, where the author was Researcher in...
LISTENING TO THE BOYS FROM KAHOOKA: A REPORT ON A PROJECT IN AN AUSTRALIAN SUBURBAN SCHOOL
INTRODUCTION CONTEXT Masculinity is always made in a time, a place, and in a culture or cultures. In Fathers, Sons and Lovers I’ve...
“LET’S PLAY A GAME OF FOOTY, SIR!”: WHY WE NEED MORE MALE TEACHERS
Martin Spafford, a high school teacher in London, observes that boys are under siege. “Boys feel continually attacked for who they are....
SOME CURRENT PROBLEMS FOR BOYS
It does not take very much wit to discern that boys in Australia are facing some real challenges. These challenges reflect the challenges...
BOYS AND BOOKS
Boys and books? Where would we start? Kids need to start reading early. Younger boys enjoy sitting on your lap and sharing a story. Make...
FOOTBALL, FIGHTING AND FEMINISM: SOME TRAPS FOR MEN TODAY
The latest Todd Carney incident is too awful to describe in any decent online journal. Let’s just say that here we have yet another...
HOW TO GET BOYS LEARNING
Schools are not succeeding in capturing the imagination and energy of many boys. Too many boys feel that school is a combination of a...
TEN POINTS ABOUT MEN TODAY
1. Being a man used to be all about work. Men identified as farmers, bank clerks, plumbers, or teachers, as I found in Fathers, Sons and...
THE STRUGGLE TO HELP BOYS LEARN: SUCH A LONG JOURNEY!
I’ve been writing and doing research on boys’ learning for more than twenty years. It’s been such a long struggle! Why is this so? After...
