Christopher Greig
Biographic Data
| ID | 760440 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Christopher Greig |
| GIVEN NAMES | Christopher |
| FAMILY NAME | Greig |
| SIGNATURE | GREIG C |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Windsor |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Private Women and the Public Good
"Private Women and the Public Good: Charity and State Formation in Hamilton, Ontario, 1846–93 by Carmen J. Nielson." Canadian Journal of History, 51(2), pp. 387–388
A Foucauldian analysis of literary text selection practices and educational policies in Ontario, Canada
Like schools, curricula are socially constructed and constituted within broader social, political, and historical relations of power, powerfully shaping students’ beliefs and attitudes about themselves and their relationship toward the world. In light of this, the importance of literature selection cannot be overstated. School-sanctioned texts often provide the core curriculum, and secondary school English teachers rely on them heavily. The self-…
Gender, Masculinities and Life Long Learning
A boy who would rather write poetry than throw rocks at cats is also considered to be wanting in masculinity
This paper draws on research on masculinities to examine poetry as a socially and culturally gendered genre. Situated in the context of the current ‘crisis’ around boys’ underachievement in school, attention is drawn to the problematic understanding of poetry as an unsuitable genre for boys. Attention is further drawn to the way in which poetry, when offered up to boys, is often imbued with traditional and outdated definitions of masculinity. We …
The Man Question in Teaching
For more than a century in Canada, debate has been ongoing about the place of men in the classrooms of the nation and their role in ameliorating the problem of boys’ underachievement. Using annual reports from provincial departments of education, other government and commission reports, publications by and for teachers, articles and stories from the popular media, and other print sources, we set out the broad and general contours of this continui…
A boy who would rather write poetry than throw rocks at cats is also considered to be wanting in masculinity
This paper draws on research on masculinities to examine poetry as a socially and culturally gendered genre. Situated in the context of the current ‘crisis’ around boys’ underachievement in school, attention is drawn to the problematic understanding of poetry as an unsuitable genre for boys. Attention is further drawn to the way in which poetry, when offered up to boys, is often imbued with traditional and outdated definitions of masculinity. We …
A Foucauldian analysis of literary text selection practices and educational policies in Ontario, Canada
Like schools, curricula are socially constructed and constituted within broader social, political, and historical relations of power, powerfully shaping students’ beliefs and attitudes about themselves and their relationship toward the world. In light of this, the importance of literature selection cannot be overstated. School-sanctioned texts often provide the core curriculum, and secondary school English teachers rely on them heavily. The self-…
The Man Question in Teaching
For more than a century in Canada, debate has been ongoing about the place of men in the classrooms of the nation and their role in ameliorating the problem of boys’ underachievement. Using annual reports from provincial departments of education, other government and commission reports, publications by and for teachers, articles and stories from the popular media, and other print sources, we set out the broad and general contours of this continui…
A boy who would rather write poetry than throw rocks at cats is also considered to be wanting in masculinity
This paper draws on research on masculinities to examine poetry as a socially and culturally gendered genre. Situated in the context of the current ‘crisis’ around boys’ underachievement in school, attention is drawn to the problematic understanding of poetry as an unsuitable genre for boys. Attention is further drawn to the way in which poetry, when offered up to boys, is often imbued with traditional and outdated definitions of masculinity. We …
Gender, Masculinities and Life Long Learning
Private Women and the Public Good
"Private Women and the Public Good: Charity and State Formation in Hamilton, Ontario, 1846–93 by Carmen J. Nielson." Canadian Journal of History, 51(2), pp. 387–388
A Foucauldian analysis of literary text selection practices and educational policies in Ontario, Canada
Like schools, curricula are socially constructed and constituted within broader social, political, and historical relations of power, powerfully shaping students’ beliefs and attitudes about themselves and their relationship toward the world. In light of this, the importance of literature selection cannot be overstated. School-sanctioned texts often provide the core curriculum, and secondary school English teachers rely on them heavily. The self-…
Sociology (4 works) · Pedagogy (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Masculinity (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Aesthetics (1 work) · American Constitutional Law and Politics (1 work) · Art (1 work)