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Being a Boy CPD with Mark Roberts

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Date: 9 February 2022
Time: 16.00-17.00
Location: Via Zoom

We are pleased to invite you to join us for the first in a series of ‘Being a Boy’ CPD events, with expert guest speakers, focusing on the educational challenges experienced by working-class boys. The series will examine attainment-related issues including masculinity, socio-economic inequality, peer pressure and mental health.

Mark Roberts, author of Boys Don't Try?: Rethinking Masculinity in School, a leading expert in issues relating to boys and educational success, will provide invaluable insights into what it’s like to be a boy in contemporary classrooms and what steps we can take as educators to support them.

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