Reaching Boys, Teaching Boys

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

About This Book vii Foreword by Peg Tyre ix Acknowledgments xiii The Authors xv Introduction xvii Part One: Effective Lessons 1 Transitivity at Work: Five Effective Lessons 5 2 Creating Products 17 3 Lessons as Games 35 4 Motor Activity 65 5 Role Play and Performance 85 6 Open Inquiry 107 7 Teamwork and Competition 121 8 Personal Realization 137 9 Novelty, Drama, and Surprise 171 Part Two: Effective Relationships 10 A Teacher’s Presence 195 11 A Teacher’s Knowledge 209 Part Three: Lessons for Educators 12 Enhancing Teacher-Student Relationships 223 13 Activating the Eliciting Process 229 14 What Schools Can Do 237 Appendix: Design and Research Methods for the Teaching Boys Study 243 References 257 Index 259