A book for teachers and parents of adolescents. Draws on the writings of teenage boys and girls and uses these to build specific knowledge about what it means to be an adolescent at school, what it means to be Cool and Normal, and the effects of these social constructions on learning and relationships.
History
Pagination
1 - 194
Publisher
University of New South Wales Press
Place of publication
Sydney, N.S.W
ISBN-13
9780868406879
ISBN-10
0868406872
Language
eng
Notes
Contents: 1. Boys and school -- 2. Girls and school -- 3. Being a boy -- 4. Being a girl -- 5. Boys harassing girls in school -- 6. 'Bully Boys' and 'Bitch Barbies' -- 7. Developing student welfare policies -- 8. Conclusion.