Description
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
Author: Michael Reichert, Richard Hawley
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
Published: 07/20/2010
Pages: 288
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.03lbs
Size: 9.25h x 7.07w x 0.72d
ISBN13: 9780470532782
ISBN10: 0470532785
BISAC Categories:
- Education | Teaching | General
- Education | Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects
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.