MEN + EDUCATION

Question 1

what did mac and ghaill argue about?

Answer 1

• crisis in masculinity

Question 2

explain crisis in masculinity ?

Answer 2

• young boys no clear identity as result of growing equality of women, lack of traditional male jobs and expectations. so they display masculinity in a anti-social and criminal way

Question 3

what does government data show about boys needs and problems in school?

Answer 3

• boys twice as likely to have speical educational needs
• twice as likely to have literacy problems
• 4x likely to be excluded from school

Question 4

what is the biggest underachieving ethnic boy group according to department of education 2008 and what does Ofsted in 2012 say the reason for it?

Answer 4

• white working class boys
• due to anti-school subcultures