Reaching Boys, Teaching Boys Strategies that Work -- and Why

by Reichert, Michael; Hawley, Richard; Tyre, Peg

• ISBN13: 9780470532782
• ISBN10: 0470532785
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-07-20
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass

Summary

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 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

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"Anyone involved in the educational process, teachers, counselors, administrators and parents, should take a look at this book. Incorporating the testimony of the students and their teachers into the book, the authors let the parties involved explain what does and does not work." -Bookloons.com, September 2010

Author Biography

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.

Table of Contents

About the Authors.

Foreword (Peg Tyre).

Acknowledgments.

Introduction.

PART ONE: EFFECTIVE LESSONS.

1. Transitivity at Work: Five Effective Lessons.

2. Creating Products.

3. Lessons as Games.

4. Motor Activity.

5. Role Play and Performance.

6. Open Inquiry.

7. Team Work and Competition.

8. Personal Realization.

9. Novelty, Drama and Surprise.

PART TWO: EFFECTIVE RELATIONSHIPS.

10. A Teacher's Presence.

11. A Teacher's Knowledge.

PART THREE: LESSONS FOR EDUCATORS.

12. Enhancing Teacher-Student Relationships.

13. Activating the “Eliciting” Process.

14. What Schools Can Do.

Appendix: Design and Research Methods for the Teaching Boys Study.

References.

Index.