Literacy and gender in childhood contexts: moving the focus

摘要: In this chapter, I elaborate a number of key points related to literacy and gender in childhood contexts. First, examine the impact upon learning, particularly terms its effect boys early years. review populist biological frameworks that are commonly used explain differences, indicating limitations such for producing constructive educational practice. Literacy assessment data show that, while is important predicting performance scores, other issues as economic privilege ethnicity are also predictors success. In covering terrain, argue individualistic 'deficit' theories not helpful addressing difficulty many have with suggest, instead, value an approach deliberately considers how social constructions affect boys' perceptions literacy. It broaden our understandings 'literacy', only account ways which socially constructed, but technology practices, recognise changing contexts within young children learn practise Finally, drawing threads together, Australian context exemplar, highlighting current government-sponsored, teacher-driven efforts more firmly locate at centre place themselves often appear reluctant inhabit.