Boys' Educational "Underachievement" in the Caribbean: Interpreting the "Problem"

Autor/inn/en	Cobbett, Mary; Younger, Mike
Titel	Boys' Educational "Underachievement" in the Caribbean: Interpreting the "Problem"
Quelle	In: Gender and Education, 24 (2012) 6, S.611-625 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0954-0253
DOI	10.1080/09540253.2012.677014
Schlagwörter	Underachievement; Males; International Education; Foreign Countries; Gender Differences; Disadvantaged; Political Influences; Economic Factors; Educational Practices; Academic Achievement + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Performance deficiency; Leistungsschwäche; Male; Männliches Geschlecht; Internationale Erziehung; Ausland; Geschlechterkonflikt; Political influence; Politischer Einfluss; Ökonomischer Faktor; Bildungspraxis; Schulleistung
Abstract	Education ministries in the Caribbean countries have directed considerable attention over the last decade to "solving" the "problem" of boys' underachievement. Rather than considering such interventions, our central concern in this paper is to revisit debates about the interpretation of the issue, to explore whether boys' underachievement is indeed a "problem", in the sense of both an empirical reality and an issue requiring political attention. In this paper, we explore contestations over the reality and complexity of educational underachievement and whether this relates to broader political-economic marginalisation (or privileging) of boys. We turn then to explore the relationship between material realities and gendered subjectivities. Overall, we argue that boys' underachievement should neither be ignored nor be the exclusive focus of attention and that a move from "boys' underachievement" to a broader analysis of "gender and education" is needed, to place the debate in a gender relational context. (Contains 4 notes and 2 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10