Getting it Right for Boys ... and Girls

Erscheinungsjahr 2000
ISBN: 978-0-415-20884-0
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 280 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 587 g

Boys' underachievement is grabbing headlines in the education debate, and it has never been more important to solve the problem. This book offers clear and practical strategies to headteachers, classroom teachers and other professionals for ways to address the issue. The book looks at:

*reasons for boys' underachievement
*ways of adapting teaching styles to maximise learning gains for boys. and girls
*guidance on how to plan successful pyramid, whole-school and classroom approaches
*practical strategies for subject leaders and teachers
*examples of successful case studies
After introductory chapters examining whole-school issues and strategies there are further subject-specific chapters that advise on particular teaching approaches.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bradford, Wendy

Noble, Colin

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Altersgruppen Kinder- und Jugendsoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Teildisziplinen der Pädagogik Sonderpädagogik, Heilpädagogik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction 1 We are facing a crisis 2 How and why boys under-achieve 3 The importance of teaching and learning styles 4 How to organise a strategy to raise boys’ achievement 5 One school’s story 6 Making decisions about setting 7 Other whole school strategies designed to raise 8 Getting it right for boys and girls in the classroom 9 Raising achievement in English 10 Raising achievement in mathematics and science 11 Raising achievement in design and technology 12 Raising achievement in modern foreign languages 13 Raising achievement in the humanities 14 Raising achievement in the arts 15 Getting it right in the secondary school library 16 Raising boys’ achievement across the pyramid 17 Exercises for continuous professional development, Epilogue

Über Autor(innen)

Colin Noble is a PSE Advisor and Raising Boys Achievement Manager in Kirklees Local Education Authority and has been responsible for publishing a range of packs, videos, leaflets and posters on the subject of raising boys achievement. Wendy Bradford is a Deputy Headteacher at a large and successful mixed secondary school with a wealth of classroom experience behind her.