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In the early weeks of the academic year, teachers are faced with the arduous task of getting to know not just one, but several, groups of pupils; it is not surprising that it takes a while for the name and face of every pupil to be clearly linked in teachers’ minds. What is remarkable is that the pupils who were mentioned by teachers as being difficult to place were, without exception, girls.
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Stanworth, M. (1997). Just Three Quiet Girls. In: Ungerson, C., Kember, M. (eds) Women and Social Policy. Women in Society. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-25908-3_16
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