Loukia K. Sarroub|Todd Pernicek
Boys, Books, and Boredom: A Case of Three High School Boys and Their Encounters With Literacy
University of Nebraska–Lincoln|University of Nebraska–Lincoln
examine literacy gender gap documented experiences 3 representative high schools boys teacherhow view students dispositions toward schooling education engagement literacyas way understand literacy teachers better work offer case study analysis boys struggles academic reading high school reading classes aimed addressing needs young people read far grade level school highlight multifaceted complex nature struggle reluctance toward academic reading argue 1 single factor drives maintains reluctance instead demonstrate cycles narrow definitions literacy means literate negative experiences teachers frustration academic social structures schools difficult relationships home work together perpetuate struggles reading