Reaching Boys, Teaching Boys

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Strategies that Work -- and Why

By Richard Hawley and Michael Reichert

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Reaching Boys, Teaching Boys is based on an extensive worldwide study that reveals what truly engages boys in learning. The authors challenge the common belief that boys are resistant to schooling and provide over 100 detailed examples of lessons proven effective with male students. These lessons are organised around themes such as Gaming, Motor Activities, Open Inquiry, Competition, Interactive Technology, and Performance/Role Play, accompanied by moving testimony from boys that highlight the real impact of these approaches.
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This book is ideal for educators, school administrators, and anyone involved in teaching or supporting boys in educational settings. It offers practical strategies grounded in research to enhance engagement and learning outcomes for male students across all content areas.

* Draws on an in-depth, worldwide study to reveal what lessons and strategies most engage boys in the classroom. Studies were conducted in the UK.

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Based on an extensive worldwide study, this book reveals what gets boys excited about learning.

Reaching Boys, Teaching Boys challenges the widely-held cultural impression that boys are stubbornly resistant to schooling while providing concrete examples of pedagogy and instructional style that have been proven effective in a variety of school settings. This book offers more than 100 detailed examples of lessons that succeed with male students, grouped thematically. Such themes include: Gaming, Motor Activities, Open Inquiry, Competition, Interactive Technology, and Performance/Role Play. Woven throughout the book is moving testimony from boys that both validates the success of the lessons and adds a human dimension to their impact.

The authors present more than 100 specific activities for all content areas that have proven successful with male students.
Draws on an in-depth, worldwide study to reveal what lessons and strategies most engage boys in the classroom.
Has been described as the missing link that our schools need for the better education of boys.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780470532782

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 20 July 2010

Country: United States

Imprint: Jossey-Bass Inc.,U.S.

Contributors:

Foreword by Peg Tyre

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 23.0mm

Width: 175.0mm

Height: 231.0mm

Weight: 386g

Pages: 288

Collections

Education & Reference Michael Reichert Non-Fiction Richard Hawley

About the Author

Michael Reichert, Ph.D., is a clinician, consultant to schools, and supervising psychologist at The Haverford School. He also serves as executive director of the Center for the Study of Boys' and Girls' Lives.

Richard Hawley, Ph.D., headmaster emeritus of Cleveland's University School, was the founding president of the International Boys' Schools Coalition, and is author of many books about children, schools, and learning.