Possibilities in the boy turn? Comparative lessons from Australia and Iceland

Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 309-325

  Jóhannesson, Ingólfur Ásgeir ^a   Lingard, Bob ^b   Mills, Martin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AKUREYRI   (Iceland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Boys' education; Comparative education; Masculinity; Profeminist intervention

Indexed keywords

EID: 68149141724     PISSN: 00313831     EISSN: 14701170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00313830903043083     Document Type: Article

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