{"product_id":"lost-boys-by-alex-blower-9781447370253","title":"Lost Boys","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSince the mid-2000s, consistent commentary from politicians and media outlets in the UK has presented low educational attainment and low aspiration as defining attributes of working-class boys in education. It has often characterised them as misogynistic, aggressive, and unwilling to learn. But how true is this?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCombining research, real-life case studies, and the author's experience of navigating school exclusion, \u003cem\u003eLost Boys\u003c\/em\u003e provides clear recommendations for how to better support the health, wellbeing, and vulnerabilities of working-class boys and men through both policy and practice.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eChallenging us to reconsider ideas about the role of masculinity in the lives of working-class boys and men, the book asks what would change if, instead of focusing on perceived individual failures, we considered the troubled relationship between working-class boys and the social and educational systems in which they reside.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46985525035244,"sku":"9781447370253","price":23.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/8612163482703.jpg?v=1762986390","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/lost-boys-by-alex-blower-9781447370253","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}