ERIC Number: EJ886284
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2009
Pages: 21
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Gender Risks and Education: The Particular Classroom Challenges for Urban Low-Income African American Boys
Thomas, Duane E.; Stevenson, Howard
Review of Research in Education, v33 n1 p160-180 2009
A fundamental consideration in discourses on risk and schooling for primary and secondary school-age students focuses on gender inequalities in the classroom. Gender equity in education debates have raged for several decades and so remain an enduring concern of educators and researchers across the nation. However, educational research often overlooks the intersection between gender, class, and race in discourse on schooling experiences and achievement. The authors believe that a closer investigation of this intersectionality would lead them to the challenges confronting African American boys in inner-city schools. This chapter examines these realities and summarizes extant research on issue pertaining to gender risk and school, with attention given to the academic and classroom social challenges faced by by African American boys attending primary and secondary schools serving economically disadvantaged urban neighborhoods. They also make recommendations for future research and for interventions tailored to students most likely to experience negative academic and behavioral outcomes owing to disparities in education across lines of gender, race, and social class. (Contains 2 notes.)
Descriptors: Equal Education, Educational Research, Minority Group Children, Sex Fairness, Males, African American Students, Classroom Environment, Low Income Groups, Barriers, Racial Discrimination, At Risk Students, Stress Management, Stress Variables, Teacher Expectations of Students, Urban Schools, Literature Reviews, Gender Bias
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Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
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