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Boys, Girls and the Myths of Literacies and Learning
Hammett Sanford
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Description for Boys, Girls and the Myths of Literacies and Learning
Paperback. Editor(s): Hammett, Roberta F.; Sanford, Kathy. Num Pages: 252 pages, tables. BIC Classification: CFC; JNU; YQC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 227 x 13. Weight in Grams: 362.
This timely and authoritative book provides a critique and deconstructs the myths that serve to uphold the current ""moral panic"" around boys' supposed failures in literacy and diminished chances of success. Readers are asked to look beyond simple gender binarism to see different, more complex and often more egregious categorizations of students in their classrooms, other than the simplistic male/female categories, and begin to question and address some of those issues: poverty, racism, violence, environment, and more complex issues of gender, patriarchy, and hegemony.
The authors suggest different ways of teaching literacies to both boys and girls and propose ... Read more
This timely and authoritative book provides a critique and deconstructs the myths that serve to uphold the current ""moral panic"" around boys' supposed failures in literacy and diminished chances of success. Readers are asked to look beyond simple gender binarism to see different, more complex and often more egregious categorizations of students in their classrooms, other than the simplistic male/female categories, and begin to question and address some of those issues: poverty, racism, violence, environment, and more complex issues of gender, patriarchy, and hegemony.
The authors suggest different ways of teaching literacies to both boys and girls and propose ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Canadian Scholars Press Canada
Number of pages
252
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
Number of Pages
252
Place of Publication
Toronto, Canada
ISBN
9781551303444
SKU
V9781551303444
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About Hammett Sanford
Roberta F. Hammett is Professor of Education at Memorial University, specializing in literacies, secondary English education, and technology integration in teaching and learning. She has completed two three-year terms as Associate Dean of Education for Graduate Studies and Research. Katherine J. Sanford is Associate Professor and Associate Dean in the Faculty of Education, University of Victoria. Her research and ... Read more
Reviews for Boys, Girls and the Myths of Literacies and Learning
The book addresses important questions of gendered literacies and effectively critiques essentialist and binary views on literacy and gender. The authors in the book are representative of the more influential researchers working in gender and literacy today. This is a valuable resource for teacher education literacy courses and for graduate courses in curriculum, English language arts, gender, feminist and masculine ... Read more