288, pagine
lingua English
Pubblicato il 2010 da Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John.
Reaching Boys, Teaching Boys
Strategies That Work -- and Why
Michael Reichert, Richard Hawley, Peg Tyre: Reaching Boys, Teaching Boys (2010, Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John)
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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. This book draws on an in-depth, worldwide study to reveal what lessons and strategies most engage boys in the classroom. This book has been …
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. This book draws on an in-depth, worldwide study to reveal what lessons and strategies most engage boys in the classroom. This book has been described as the missing link that our schools need for the better education of boys. - Publisher.