Working-class boys’ relationships with reading: Contextual systems that support working-class boys’ engagement with, and enjoyment of, reading
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Scholes, Laura. (2019). Working-class boys’ relationships with reading: Contextual systems that support working-class boys’ engagement with, and enjoyment of, reading. Gender and Education. 31(3), pp. 344 - 361. https://doi.org/10.1080/09540253.2018.1533921
Authors | Scholes, Laura |
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Abstract | Drawing on interviews with 15 boys attending schools in low socioeconomic communities in Australia, this paper examines the multiplicity of contextual influences on boys’ everyday reading experiences. Implementing an ecological metaphor, boys’ narratives about (i) their attitudes towards reading at school (microsystem); (ii) parental beliefs about reading (mesosystem); (iii) masculinities within low socioeconomic communities (exosystem), and; (iv) reading as socially valued knowledge (macrosystem) are explored. The paper illustrates the textured nature of immediate and broader influences on boys’ engagement with, and positioning of, reading. In particular, the paper challenges dominant discourses about working-class boys’ reading practices, contributing to research into literacy in-situ to make visible the immediate and broader contextual systems that influence the ways working-class boys engage with, and enjoy, reading. |
Keywords | Reading; masculinities; working-class boys; ecological metaphor; boys and schooling |
Year | 2019 |
Journal | Gender and Education |
Journal citation | 31 (3), pp. 344 - 361 |
Publisher | Routledge |
ISSN | 0954-0253 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1080/09540253.2018.1533921 |
Scopus EID | 2-s2.0-85055489001 |
Page range | 344 - 361 |
Research Group | Institute for Learning Sciences and Teacher Education (ILSTE) |
Publisher's version | File Access Level Controlled |
Place of publication | United Kingdom |
https://acuresearchbank.acu.edu.au/item/8q209/working-class-boys-relationships-with-reading-contextual-systems-that-support-working-class-boys-engagement-with-and-enjoyment-of-reading
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