Schooling the public on boys: the ongoing salience in media representations of the “crisis” in boys’ education

“Respect for each gender”: Gender, equity and backlash in Australia's male health policy

“…Centring on the claim that Australia's education system is “inherently biased against boy's unique learning styles” (Eate et al. :2), accounts of the boys and school “problem” closely resemble—and share key elements with—those concerning men's health, as advanced in the NMHP. Crucially, the notion of male disadvantage lies at the heart of both, although the NMHP frames this in terms of unequal health outcomes rather than unequal educational outcomes.…”

“…Paralleling the NMHP's focus on “male‐friendly” spaces and health services, there is little room here for exploring “alternative styles of masculinity”; rather, gender is reiterated as a “site of fixed and eternal difference” (Eate et al. :13). Whilst framed in terms of gender equity, discourses of disadvantage—in male health as in boys’ education—fundamentally undermine the “advancement of equitable gender relations” (Eate et al.…”

“…Whilst framed in terms of gender equity, discourses of disadvantage—in male health as in boys’ education—fundamentally undermine the “advancement of equitable gender relations” (Eate et al. : 13): backlash in action.…”

Framing gender: Representing male teachers in the Australian and New Zealand press

“…The reiteration of teaching as a feminised profession also produces problematic notions of masculinity with regards to both teachers and their gendered influence on students. For the past two decades a general trend has emerged in the west, of girls outperforming boys across various educational criteria (Eate et al 2017). Initially, this trend evoked a favourable response from commentators who viewed it has an alignment of girls' and boys' academic achievement.…”

Raziskovanje v vzgoji in izobraževanju

“…Pri okviru biološke usode gre za biološki esencializem, ki temelji na (kvazi)znanstvenih tezah o vplivu bioloških razlik po spolu in ideji, da so fantje po naravi drugačni deklet, kar vpliva na njihove izobraževalne dosežke (Titus, 2004). Eate et al (2017) kot enega izmed ključnih medijskih diskurzov izpostavljajo prav biološki determinizem. Raziskovanje biološko pogojenih spolnih razlik je v znanstvenih krogih prisotno že od nekdaj, še bolj priljubljeno pa to področje postaja skozi medijsko poročanje, ki se že od nekdaj zanima za omenjeno tematiko in o njej poroča širši javnosti (Titus, 2004: 153).…”