Event Details

Boy’s underachievement caught the attention of educators in the West in the late 20th century, and many began to examine why boys seemed to be falling behind girls academically and what was ‘inhibiting’ boys’ ‘masculinity’.

Around 2010, similar academic discussions appeared in China under the name of ‘Boy Crisis’, referring to boys’ academic and personal development struggles. In this session, Yuhan will explore teachers’ engagement with ‘Boy Crisis’ and how gender stereotypes and the varying degrees of injustice these bring to both genders permeate into and are sustained by teachers’ gendered discourse, whether direct or subtle.

This event is part of the Educational Research Seminar Series.

Seminar presenter

Yuhan Wu is a PhD student in the School of Environment, Education and Development, University of Manchester, UK. Her research explores teachers’ perceptions of ‘Boy Crisis,’ focusing on gender stereotypes, gendered discourse and their broader implications for gender equity in Chinese education.