Title Lads and ladettes in school : gender and a fear of failure / Carolyn Jackson.

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Description	1 online resource (xxi, 176 pages)
Physical Medium	polychrome
Description	text file
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary	This innovative book looks at how and why girls and boys adopt 'laddish' behaviours in schools. It examines the ways in which students negotiate pressures to be popular and 'cool' in school alongside pressures to perform academically. It also deals with the fears of academic and social failure that influence pupils' school lives and experiences. Drawing extensively on the voices of students in secondary schools, it explores key questions about laddish behaviours, such as:. Are girls becoming mor.
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Subject	High school students -- Attitudes.
	High school students -- Attitudes.
	Sex differences (Psychology) in adolescence.
	Sex differences (Psychology) in adolescence.
	Sex differences in education.
	Sex differences in education.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Other Form:	Print version: Jackson, Carolyn, 1970- Lads and ladettes in school. Maidenhead ; New York : Open University Press, 2006 9780335217717 0335217710 (OCoLC)64957551
ISBN	9780335225910 (electronic book)
	0335225918 (electronic book)