Use celebrities to promote male interest in school - educator
Jamaicaobserver.com (http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/html/20080119T140000-0500_131565_OBS_USE_CELEBRITIES_TO_PROMOTE_MALE_INTEREST_IN_SCHOOL___EDUCATOR.asp)
BY LUKE DOUGLAS
01/20/2008
Clarke's study - entitled 'Girls play with dolls, boys play with soldiers: teachers' and parents' gender beliefs and the gender identity of Jamaican eight to 10-year-old boys" - highlighted a number of double standards from both parents and teachers in how they interact with boys compared with girls, as contributing to the under-performance of the former in the classroom.