Anti-school Subcultures and Gender

Question 1

Jackson (2006)

Answer 1

studied ‘laddishness’ in schools and found that it was cool to be clever but not to work hard. They would hide the fact that they had not revised to avoid failure if it happened. Ladettes smoke and swore

Question 2

Archer and Yamashita (2003)

Answer 2

studied boys in the inner city who showed anti school norms and values; having a ‘bad boy’ image related to ‘hyper-heterosexuality’ and saw academic achieving as ‘soft’