Based on an extensive worldwide study, this book reveals what gets boys excited about learningReaching 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 author's presents 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
- ISBN10 1282653830
- ISBN13 9781282653832
- Publish Date 1 January 2010
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 17 February 2015
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Jossey-Bass
- Format eBook
- Language English