Strategies for Teaching Boys and Girls SECONDARY LEVEL In his best-selling classic Boys and Girls Learn Differently, Michael Gurian explained the origin and nature of gender differences in the classroom. His important book explored the behavior teachers observed and the challenges they faced with both boys and girls in their classrooms. Taking the next step, Strategies for Teaching Boys and Girls offers teachers a hands-on resource that draws on the Gurian Institute's research and training with secondary schools and school districts. The workbook presents practical strategies, lessons, and…mehr
Strategies for Teaching Boys and Girls SECONDARY LEVEL In his best-selling classic Boys and Girls Learn Differently, Michael Gurian explained the origin and nature of gender differences in the classroom. His important book explored the behavior teachers observed and the challenges they faced with both boys and girls in their classrooms. Taking the next step, Strategies for Teaching Boys and Girls offers teachers a hands-on resource that draws on the Gurian Institute's research and training with secondary schools and school districts. The workbook presents practical strategies, lessons, and activities that have been field-tested in real classrooms and developed to harness boys' and girls' unique strengths. The workbook is designed to help teachers build a solid founda- tion of learning and study habits that their students can use in the classroom and at home. It covers the key curricular areas and offers proven techniques to make learning, no matter what the subject, more engaging for all students. The workbook is an essential resource for all teachers who want to improve their practice and get the most from all students-- whatever their gender. PRAISE FOR STRATEGIES FOR TEACHING BOYS AND GIRLS--SECONDARY LEVEL > --KAREN BOYK, certified Gurian Trainer and classroom teacher > --JUDITH KLEINFELD, director, Boys Project, University of Alaska, Fairbanks > --RENEE PARKER, assistant principal (9th and 10th grades), Hope High School, Hope, ArkansasHinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
THE AUTHORS MICHAEL GURIAN is the New York Times best- selling author of The Wonder of Boys and nine- teen other books, includ- ing Boys and Girls Learn Differently!, A Fine Young Man, The Good Son, The Wonder of Girls, and The Minds of Boys. He is a pioneer in the fields of family development and education and has appeared on Today, Good Morning America, CNN, NPR, and in The New York Times, USA Today, Time, Newsweek, and elsewhere. KATHY STEVENS, co-author of The Minds of Boys, is the training director of the Gurian Institute and has worked in education, child development, and the nonprofit sector for more than thirty years in programs as diverse as juvenile and adult corrections, cultural competency training, domestic violence prevention, and women's issues. KELLEY KING is direc- tor of the Gurian Institute Education Division. She has been a teacher and school principal for more than twenty years.
Inhaltsangabe
About This Book v The Authors vii About the Gurian Institute ix Acknowledgments xi 1 What Could They Be Thinking? The Science of Boy-Girl Learning Differences 1 2 Maximizing the Brain-Body Connection: Moving Through the Curriculum 17 3 Creating a New Playbook: Using More Visual-Spatial Strategies in Your Classroom 39 4 Building Learning Teams of Boys and Girls: Promoting Positive Social Development 59 5 Letting Them Lead: The Power of Choice on the Developing Adolescent Brain 69 6 When Am I Ever Going to Use This Again? Finding Ways to Make Learning Real 87 7 Reading Between the Lines: Figuring Out What Adolescents Will Read 109 8 Modeling the Adult World: The Crucial Role of the Mentor 127 9 After the Final Bell Rings: The Lives of Teenagers Outside School 141 Epilogue 157 Sources 159 Index 165
About This Book v The Authors vii About the Gurian Institute ix Acknowledgments xi 1 What Could They Be Thinking? The Science of Boy-Girl Learning Differences 1 2 Maximizing the Brain-Body Connection: Moving Through the Curriculum 17 3 Creating a New Playbook: Using More Visual-Spatial Strategies in Your Classroom 39 4 Building Learning Teams of Boys and Girls: Promoting Positive Social Development 59 5 Letting Them Lead: The Power of Choice on the Developing Adolescent Brain 69 6 When Am I Ever Going to Use This Again? Finding Ways to Make Learning Real 87 7 Reading Between the Lines: Figuring Out What Adolescents Will Read 109 8 Modeling the Adult World: The Crucial Role of the Mentor 127 9 After the Final Bell Rings: The Lives of Teenagers Outside School 141 Epilogue 157 Sources 159 Index 165
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