Author： Arthur Leonie Sawyer Wayne
Publisher： Routledge Ltd
ISSN： 1472-4421
Source： Early Years: Journal of International Research and Development, Vol.29, Iss.2, 2009-07, pp. : 163-175
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Abstract
This paper discusses a recent Australian study of boys' education using case studies to determine successful practices. It focuses on an early childhood site where access to 'discourses of power' for students and parents and a valuing of students' 'action knowledge' created a particular democratic culture achieving improved outcomes for boys. The data are drawn from focus groups with families, interviews with educators, conversations with children and on-site observations over two days. The findings are discussed in terms of those factors deriving from Henry Giroux's work on democracy and hope. In addition, we build on the work of Giroux by discussing the site as an exemplar of what we have come to call 'robust hope'.
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