'I've been sort of laddish with them ... one of the gang': Teachers' perceptions of 'laddish' boys and how to deal with them

Gender and Education

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 505-519

  Jackson, Carolyn ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Boys; Masculinities; Qualitative interviews; Secondary education; Teachers educators

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956419693     PISSN: 09540253     EISSN: 13600516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540250903341138     Document Type: Article

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