Gender Complexities in Jamaican Secondary Education: Class Culture and the 'Elephant' in the Room

Autor/in	Ellis, Everton G.
Titel	Gender Complexities in Jamaican Secondary Education: Class Culture and the 'Elephant' in the Room
Quelle	In: Gender and Education, 30 (2018) 8, S.1019-1031 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Ellis, Everton G.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0954-0253
DOI	10.1080/09540253.2017.1290218
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Masculinity; Underachievement; Males; Gender Differences; Cultural Influences; Geographic Regions; Rural Areas; Social Class; Educational Policy; Grades (Scholastic); Student Characteristics; Socioeconomic Status; Barriers; Jamaica + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Männlichkeit; Performance deficiency; Leistungsschwäche; Male; Männliches Geschlecht; Geschlechterkonflikt; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss; Rural area; Ländlicher Raum; Social classes; Soziale Klasse; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Notenspiegel; Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status
Abstract	This article utilizes a combination of the masculinity and intersectionality frameworks to argue that the underachievement of boys occurs in the intricacies of patriarchy, region (rural area), and class culture. The article utilizes data drawn from a qualitative study at two rural institutions in the parish of Manchester, Jamaica, to critically analyze the gendered nexus between boys' underachievement and educational policies. The low grades merited by boys raise questions of patriarchy in the educational system in which they and their female teachers operate. While the failure of boys is not generalizable to the entire population, underachievement is also located in the mismatch between curriculum and the culture of these boys. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01