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50 Years of ERIC
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Gender, Popularity and Notions of In/Authenticity amongst 12-Year-Old to 13-Year-Old School Girls
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Read, Barbara; Francis, Becky; Skelton, Christine – British Journal of Sociology of Education, 2011
This paper draws on data from a research project investigating gendered identities and interactions of high-achieving students in Year Eight in England (12-13 years old), particularly in relation to students' "popularity" amongst their peers. As part of this study 71 students were interviewed from nine different schools in urban, rural and small…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Technology, Sexual Identity, Peer Acceptance
"They Never Go off the Rails like Other Ethnic Groups": Teachers' Constructions of British Chinese Pupils' Gender Identities and Approaches to Learning
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Archer, Louise; Francis, Becky – British Journal of Sociology of Education, 2005
This paper examines the ways in which British Chinese pupils are positioned and represented within the popular/dominant discourse of teachers working in London schools. Drawing on individual interviews from a study conducted with 30 teachers, 80 British Chinese pupils and 30 Chinese parents, we explore some of the racialised, gendered and classed…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Sex Stereotypes, Sexual Identity, Masculinity
Lads, Lasses and (New) Labour: 14-16-year-old Students' Responses to the 'Laddish Behaviour and Boys' Underachievement' Debate.
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Francis, Becky – British Journal of Sociology of Education, 1999
Ex-Education Minister Stephen Byers claimed that "laddish behaviour" was in part responsible for English boys' academic underachievement. Presents and discusses students' responses to Byers' claim. Draws data from the semi-structured interviews of a study with 100 14-16-year-old students. (CMK)
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Foreign Countries, Gender Issues, Higher Education
Discussing Discrimination: Children's Construction of Sexism between Pupils in Primary School.
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Francis, Becky – British Journal of Sociology of Education, 1997
Investigates whether primary school children construct gender as a source of discrimination in their school lives. Reports their descriptions of sexism in school as well as their strategies to cope with or resist it. Suggests that girls may be prevented from assertive resistance due to their constructions of passive femininity. (DSK)
Descriptors: Coping, Elementary School Students, Feminist Criticism, Foreign Countries