Sponsor
Portland State University. Department of Educational Leadership and Policy
First Advisor
Anita Bright
Date of Publication
Spring 6-4-2019
Document Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Education (Ed.D.) in Educational Leadership: Curriculum and Instruction
Department
Curriculum & Instruction
Language
English
Subjects
Boys -- Education, Teacher-student relationships, Masculinity, Resistance (Psychoanalysis), Educational sociology
DOI
10.15760/etd.6883
Physical Description
1 online resource (vi, 200 pages)
Abstract
U.S. schools face a well-documented gender gap within some important educational and social indicators. In the United States, boys and young men are significantly more likely than girls and young women to be diagnosed with a learning disability, leave high school without a diploma, receive failing grades in core classes, and be suspended or expelled from school. This study uses an interpretive research framework to investigate the relationship between this gender gap in education and constructions of masculinity, social and cultural capital, agency, caring and resistance in secondary schools. Data collected through interviews with young men who engaged in acts of resistance against schooling yielded three major findings. First, some acts of resistance provided the participants with a means to ease the tedium and stress of academic work and enhance social capital among their male peers. Second, some acts of resistance provided participants with a means to regain personal agency when they felt either marginalized by an oppressive system or generally rejected, ignored, or alienated from the formal schooling environment. Finally, participants expressed an appreciation for authentic relationships with their teachers and stated that they were less likely to engage in acts of resistance with teachers who nurtured authentic caring relationships in the classroom.
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Persistent Identifier
https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/29006
Recommended Citation
Weggelaar, Cristy Lauren, ""It's All Because I Like the Person That's Teaching Me": Masculinities, Engagement, and Caring Relationships in Secondary Schools" (2019). Dissertations and Theses. Paper 5007.
https://doi.org/10.15760/etd.6883