This collection brings together a range of different perspectives on the relationship between masculinity and education, offering both empirical and theoretical contributions to our understanding of this subject and focusing on a variety of educational settings.This book was originally published as a special issue of the British Journal of Sociology of Education.

Editorial Amanda Coffey and David James 1. 'The Money's Good, The Fame's Good, The Girls are Good': The role of playground football in the construction of young boys' masculinity in a junior school Jon Swain 2. Learning the 'Hard' Way: Boys, hegemonic masculinity and the negotiation of learner identities in the primary school Emma Renold 3. Welcome to the New Ambivalence: Reflections on the historical and current cultural antagonism between the working class male and higher education Andrew Marks 4. Muscularity, the Habitus and the Social Construction of Gender: Towards a gender-relevant physical education Trish Gorely, Rachel Holroyd and David Kirk 5. Attracting, recruiting and retaining male teachers: policy issues in the male teacher debate Martin Mills, Wayne Martino and Bob Lingard 6. Mathematical stories: why do more boys than girls choose to study mathematics at AS-level in England? Heather Mendick 7. New Labour, new leaders? Gendering transformational leadership Cath Lambert 8. ‘I don’t do the mothering role that lots of female teachers do’: male teachers, gender, power and social organisation Malcolm Haase 9. ‘Walking yourself around as a teacher’: gender and embodiment in student teachers’ working lives Annette Braun 10. Schooling, masculinity and class analysis: towards an aesthetic of subjectivities Mairtin Mac an Ghaill and Chris Haywood