Reaching Boys, Teaching Boys: Strategies that Work -- and Why
Richard Hawley · Michael Reichert · Peg Tyre
Jul 2020 · Tantor Media Inc · Narrated by Hal Wiedeman
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Challenging the widely-held cultural impression that boys are stubbornly resistant to schooling, Reaching Boys, Teaching Boys features more than 100 detailed examples of classroom activities--along with real-world teaching techniques--that have proven effective with male students. Based on a wide-ranging, worldwide study of more than 1,500 boys and 1,000 teachers, the book reveals what boys need in order to want to succeed in school and offers tips for forging successful relationships with boys. Woven throughout the book is moving testimony from both boys and teachers that validates the effectiveness of these lessons. ADVANCE PRAISE FOR REACHING BOYS, TEACHING BOYS "...the best, most practical book about teaching boys that I have ever read." --Michael Thompson, bestselling author of Raising Cain and Best Friends, Worst Enemies "Like true explorers, Reichert and Hawley have ventured into the unknown and returned with a remarkable gift: a map for guiding boys toward their full potential. If you are a teacher--or if you want to understand the unique combination of factors that ignites boys to learn--you need to buy this urgent, timely, and terrific book." --Daniel Coyle, bestselling author of The Talent Code "Our schools must evolve in order to a better job educating our young men. It wont happen overnight but it must happen. How to start? Open this book and turn to Chapter One. Youll be taking the first step on what I promise you will be a fascinating journey." --from the foreword by Peg Tyre, bestselling author of The Trouble With Boys
Challenging the widely-held cultural impression that boys are stubbornly resistant to schooling, Reaching Boys, Teaching Boys features more than 100 detailed examples of classroom activities--along with real-world teaching techniques--that have proven effective with male students. Based on a wide...
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Richard Hawley is headmaster of Cleveland's University School and author of Boys Will Be Men, Seeing Things, and The Headmaster's Papers. He lives in Chagrin Falls, Ohio.
Richard Hawley is headmaster of Cleveland's University School and author of Boys Will Be Men, Seeing Things, and The Headmaster's Papers. He lives in Chagrin Falls, Ohio.
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