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About this book
Since the mid-2000s, consistent commentary from politicians and media outlets in the UK have presented low educational attainment and low aspiration as defining attributes of working-class boys in education. It has often characterised them as misogynistic, aggressive and unwilling to learn. But how true is this?
Combining research, real-life case studies and the author's experience of navigating school exclusion, this book provides clear recommendations for how to better support the health, wellbeing and vulnerabilities of working-class boys and men through both policy and practice.
Challenging us to reconsider ideas about the role of masculinity in the lives of working-class boys and men, the book asks what would change if, instead of focusing on perceived individual failures, we considered the troubled relationship between working-class boys and the social and educational systems in which they reside.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Introduction: Standing on the shoulders of giants
- 2 Masculinity and mental health: the big red button
- 3 Social mobility: navigating the aspiration trap
- 4 Societal change: boys, inequality and a âsuccessfulâ future
- 5 Working-class boys in London: the capitalâs overlooked lads
- 6 Making the grades: teachers, schools and masculine expectations
- 7 Boys who care: masculinity, class and being a young carer
- 8 Being a Boy: learning from the real experts
- 9 Boysâ Impact: a roadmap to hope
- 10 Conclusion: The will to change
- Appendix: Taking Boys Seriously principles
- References
- Index