Why boys fail : saving our sons from an educational system that's leaving them behind /

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Boys are slipping in school at an alarming rate. Here's why it's happening--and how to stop it.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Whitmire, Richard
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : American Management Association, ©2010.
Subjects:
Motivation in education.
Motivation en éducation.
EDUCATION > Educational Psychology.
Motivation in education
dissertations.
Academic theses
Academic theses.
Thèses et écrits académiques.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Discovering the problem
  • The reason for the boy troubles: faltering literacy skills
  • The likely causes of the reading lapses
  • The writing failures
  • The blame game: what gets blamed (unfairly) for the gender gaps
  • Solutions: what works for boys?
  • Impediments to a solution: the ideological stalemate
  • The international story: Australians struggle with the boy troubles
  • Why these gender gaps matter
  • Actions that need to be taken.

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