1. Travelling discourses on gender and education.
- Author
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Arnesen, Anne-Lise, Lahelma, Euna, and Öhrn, Elisabet
- Abstract
In this article we discuss the discourse on boys' underachievement and how it has emerged as an educational problem in Finland, Norway and Sweden. Rather than focusing on the 'facts' about who succeeds or fails in school, we explore the systems of reasoning embodied in the ways we talk about gender success and failure. We suggest that the discourse on underachieving boys is fed by policies, ideas and research initiatives travelling across nations. We then look at the broader context in which the 'problem' is embedded, and argue that little attention has been focused on the intersection of gender class, and ethnicity, and the influence of education structures and the wider societal situation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Published
- 2008