The Boy Problem: Educating Boys in Urban America, 1870-1970

Autor/in	Grant, Julia
Titel	The Boy Problem: Educating Boys in Urban America, 1870-1970
Quelle	(2014), (240 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
ISBN	978-1-4214-1259-7
Schlagwörter	Males; Children; Urban Education; Academic Achievement; Minority Group Students; Family Environment; Educational Environment; Poverty; Cultural Influences; Educational History; Gender Issues; Public Schools; Vocational Education; Athletics; Summer Schools; Nontraditional Education; Masculinity; Behavior Problems; Attendance; Special Education; Juvenile Justice + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Male; Männliches Geschlecht; Child; Kind; Kinder; Stadtteilbezogenes Lernen; Schulleistung; Familienmilieu; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; Armut; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss; History of education; Bildungsgeschichte; Geschlechterfrage; Public school; Öffentliche Schule; Ausbildung; Berufsbildung; Leichtathletik; Summer school; Sommerkurs; Non-traditional education; Alternative Erziehung; Männlichkeit; Anwesenheit; Special needs education; Sonderpädagogik; Sonderschulwesen; Jugendgerichtshilfe
Abstract	America's educational system has a problem with boys, and it's nothing new. The question of what to do with boys--the "boy problem"--has vexed educators and social commentators for more than a century. Contemporary debates about poor academic performance of boys, especially those of color, point to a myriad of reasons: inadequate and punitive schools, broken families, poverty, and cultural conflicts. Julia Grant offers a historical perspective on these debates and reveals that it is a perennial issue in American schooling that says much about gender and education today. Since the birth of compulsory schooling, educators have contended with what exactly to do with boys of immigrant, poor, minority backgrounds. Initially, public schools developed vocational education and organized athletics and technical schools as well as evening and summer continuation schools in response to the concern that the American culture of masculinity devalued academic success in school. Urban educators sought ways to deal with the "bad boys"--almost exclusively poor, immigrant, or migrant--who skipped school, exhibited behavioral problems when they attended, and sometimes landed in special education classes and reformatory institutions. The problems these boys posed led to accommodations in public education and juvenile justice system. This historical study sheds light on contemporary concerns over the academic performance of boys of color who now flounder in school or languish in the juvenile justice system. Grant's cogent analysis will interest education policy-makers and educators, as well as scholars of the history of education, childhood, gender studies, American studies, and urban history. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01