Kathy Sanford
Gendered Literacy Experiences: The Effects of Expectation and Opportunity for Boys' and Girls' Learning
University of Victoria
research reported article intends contribute understanding outofschool literacies influence present future learning adolescents evidence suggests students boys particularly becoming literate many ways outofschool activities eg video games internet browsing chatrooms girls engaging activities using ways although girls appear successful throughout school literacy skills learn may provide sustained opportunities acquisition productive lifelong skills neither negative newspaper reports regarding boys literacy skills higher test scores reported girls provide whole literacy learning picture genderbased expectations teachers parents administrators offer qualitatively different opportunities boys girls maintain gender inequities education expectations either increase decrease opportunities students male female afforded prepare todays world