Dropping Out or Opting Out?: A Qualitative Study on how Young Men of Portuguese Ancestry in Toronto Perceive Masculinity and how this Informs Educational Attainment

Dropping Out or Opting Out?: A Qualitative Study on how Young Men of Portuguese Ancestry in Toronto Perceive Masculinity and how this Informs Educational Attainment

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Young men of Portuguese heritage in Toronto continue to demonstrate lower levels of educational attainment. American and Canadian research increasingly points to gender and masculinity to address boys’ academic underachievement, yet studies have not focused a gender lens on Portuguese male youth in...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Pereira, David
Other Authors: McCready, Lance T.
Language:en_ca
Published: 2011
Subjects:
Portuguese
Educational attainment
Educational de-selection
Masculinity
Boys' education
Academic underachievement
Portuguese-Canadian youth
Educational mobility
Gender relations
Determinants of academic achievement
Portuguese-Canadian boys
Boys' academic underachievement
Gender
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1807/30103

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http://hdl.handle.net/1807/30103

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