Troubling Boys Education & Schooling

Troubling Boys’ Education & Schooling

©Douglas Gosse, Nipissing University, Feb. 8, 2007

1) Watch these video clips, “The Trouble with Boys”:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10965522/site/newsweek/

2) Resources (Bleach, 1998; Clarriotes, 1980; Cox, 2002; Crocco, 2001; Fussell, 1991; Garbarino, 1999; Ghail, 1994; Girard, 2002; Gray, 2004; Henton & McCann, 1995; Higgins, 2003; Klein, 1993; LeBlanc, 2003; Lingard & Douglas, 1999; Matas, 2002; McIntosh, 1988; Mitchell, 2004a, 2004b; O'Beirne, 2006; Pollack, 1998a, 1998b, 2000; Staff, 2002; Tiger, 1999; Weaver-Hightower, 2003; Wente, 2003a, 2003b; Ykema, 2000; Zappo, 1993):

Bleach, K. (Ed.). (1998). Raising Boy's Achievement in Schools. Oakhill: Trentham Books.

Clarriotes, K. (1980). The Importance of Being Ernest . . . Emma . . . Tom . . . Jane . . . The Perception and Categorization of Gender Conformity and Gender Deviation in Primary Schools. In R. Deem (Ed.), Schooling for Women's Work. London: RKP.

Cox, K. (2002, April 11). Rumours boy was bullied swirl at school, Halifax police checking allegations of abuse by gang of girls at junior high. The Globe and Mail, p. A12.

Crocco, M. S. (2001). The Missing Discourse About Gender and Sexuality in the Social Studies. Theory and Practice, 40(1), 65-71.

Fussell, S. W. (1991). Muscle, Confessions of an Unlikely Bodybuilder. Toronto: Poseidon Press.

Garbarino, J. (1999). Lost Boys, Why Our Sons Turn Violent and How We Can Save Them. New York: Anchor Books.

Ghail, M. a. (1994). The Making of Men: Masculinities, Sexualities, and Schooling. Buckingham: Open University Press.

Girard, D. (2002, Wednesday, May 15). Teen bully finds justice, healing and the courage to apologize, Sentencing circle requested by mother of suicide victim. The Toronto Star, p. A7.

Gray, J. (2004, Friday, April 2). Aunt criticizes police in case of missing boy. Globe and Mail, p. A9.

Henton, D., & McCann, D. (1995). Boys Don’t Cry, The Struggle for Justice in Canada’s Biggest Sex Abuse Scandal. Toronto: McClelland & Stewart Inc.

Higgins, M. (2003, May 30, 2003). Men's groups promoting hatred, federal report says, Men's groups say they are being 'smeared'. National Post, pp. A1, A6.

Klein, A. (1993). The Hustler Complex: Narcissism, Homophobia, Hypermasculinity, and Authoritarism. In Little Big Men, Bodybuilding Subculture and Gender Construction (pp. 194-133). Albany, NY: State University of New York.

LeBlanc, A. N. (2003, January 12). When the Man of the House Is in the Big House. The New York Times Magazine.

Lingard, B., & Douglas, P. (1999). Programmes for boys in schools. In B. Lingard & P. Douglas (Eds.), Men engaging feminisms: Pro-Feminism, backlashes and schooling (pp. 131-155). Buckingham: Open University Press.

Matas, R. (2002, Wedn., April 10). B.C. ruling on bullying sets precedent. The Globe and Mail, p. A7.

McIntosh, P. (1988). White Privilege and Male Privilege: A personal Account of Coming to See Correspondance Through Work in Women's Studies. Race and Racism, 81 - 92.

Mitchell, A. (2004a, January 17). Bullied by the click of a mouse, Teens can't escape electronic bullying. The Globe and Mail, pp. A1, A11.

Mitchell, A. (2004b, January 17). Goodbye, Mr. Chips. The Globe and Mail, pp. F1, F6.

O'Beirne, K. (2006). Women who make the world worse and how their radical feminist assault is ruining our schools, families, military, and sports. New York: Penguin Group.

Pollack, W. (1998a). Real Boys: Rescuing Our Sons from the Myth of Boyhood. New York: Random House Inc.

Pollack, W. (1998b). Sports: Play and Transformation. In Real Boys: Rescuing Our Sons from the Myth of Boyhood (pp. 273-300). New York: Random House Inc.

Pollack, W. (2000). Real Boys' Voices. New York: Random House Inc.

Staff. (2002, Wedn., April 10). Police investigate teen's suicide. The Globe and Mail, p. A7.

Tiger, L. (1999). The Decline of Males. NY: Golden Books.

Weaver-Hightower, M. (2003). The "Boy Turn" in Research on Gender and Education. Review of Educational Research, 73(4), 471-498.

Wente, M. (2003a, May 31). Girls rule. The Globe and Mail, p. A19.

Wente, M. (2003b, February 27). How the schools wage war on boys. The Globe and Mail, p. A19.

Ykema, F. (2000). Rock/Water, working with boys, building fine men: Men and Boys Program of the Family Action Centre of the University of Newcastle.

Zappo, B. (1993). Féminin, Masculin à l’école et ailleurs. Paris: Presses universitaires de France.