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Keddie, Amanda – Oxford Review of Education, 2006
This paper draws on Matthew's story to illustrate the conflicting discourses of being a boy and being a student. Matthew is 12 years old and in Grade Six, his final year at Banrock Primary (a K-6 Australian State School). School is far from a happy place for Matthew--his tearful accounts of his combative relationships with his peers and his…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, State Schools, Masculinity, Foreign Countries