McCready, L. T. (2012;2011;). Call and response: How narratives of black queer youth inform popular discourses of the ‘boy crisis’ in education. International Journal of Inclusive Education, 16(4), 391-406. The shift in attention to the ‘boy crisis’ has been fueled by a spate of popular trade books dealing with raising… Continue Reading Call and response: how narratives of black queer youth inform popular discourses of the ‘boy crisis’ in education
Research
‘Watch mi eyes’: The predicament of visual and scribal literacy choices, as explored with rural Jamaican adolescent boys
Cross, B. (2003). ‘watch mi eyes’: The predicament of visual and scribal literacy choices, as explored with rural jamaican adolescent boys. Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 33(1), 65-83. Examines oral cultures in a world of literacy, assessment, and certification. Explores the oral youth culture of adolescent males… Continue Reading ‘Watch mi eyes’: The predicament of visual and scribal literacy choices, as explored with rural Jamaican adolescent boys
‘Schooling is Fooling’: Why do Jamaican boys underachieve in school?
PARRY, O. (1997). ‘schooling is fooling’: Why do jamaican boys underachieve in school?Gender and Education, 9(2), 223-231. The “female as villain” explanation of the educational underachievement of Jamaican boys is examined, based on classroom observation of 14-year-old pupils & interviews of 62 school staff. Two popular explanations in this vein… Continue Reading ‘Schooling is Fooling’: Why do Jamaican boys underachieve in school?