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Reaching Boys, Teaching Boys
eBook - Strategies that Work -- and Why
ISBN/EAN: 9780470651513
Umbreit-Nr.: 3679359
Sprache:
Englisch
Umfang: 288 S., 1.73 MB
Format in cm:
Einband:
Keine Angabe
Erschienen am 18.06.2010
Auflage: 1/2010
E-Book
Format: PDF
DRM: Adobe DRM
- Zusatztext
- <p><b>Based on an extensive worldwide study, this book reveals what gets boys excited about learning</b></p><p><i>Reaching Boys, Teaching Boys</i> 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.</p><ul><li>The author's presents more than 100+ specific activities for all content areas that have proven successful with male students</li><li>Draws on an in-depth, worldwide study to reveal what lessons and strategies most engage boys in the classroom</li><li>Has been described as the missing link that our schools need for the better education of boys</li></ul>
- Autorenportrait
- <p><b>Michael Reichert, Ph.D.,</b> 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.<p><b>Richard Hawley, Ph.D.,</b> 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.