Underperformance or 'getting it right'? Constructions of gender and achievement in the Australian inquiry into boys' education

British Journal of Sociology of Education

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 465-477

  Hodgetts, Katherine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Achievement; Discourse; Feminism; Gender; Masculinity

Indexed keywords

EID: 52249102666     PISSN: 01425692     EISSN: 14653346     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01425690802326887     Document Type: Article

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