Reaching boys, teaching boys
Subtitle: strategies that work and why
By: Michael Reichert and Richard Hawley.
Contributors: Hawley, Richard.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
Published: 2010
Place of publication: San Francisco, CA
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 264
ISBN-13: 9780470532782
Subjects: English language -- Composition and exercises -- Study and teaching (Elementary); English language -- Composition and exercises -- Study and teaching (Secondary); Boys -- Education (Elementary); Boys -- Education (Secondary); Effective teaching
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: About this book; title: Foreword / Peg Tyre; title: The authors; title: Introduction; title: Part one : Effective lessons.; title: Transitivity at work : five effective lessons; title: Creating products; title: Lessons as games; title: Motor activity; title: Role play and performance; title: Open inquiry; title: Teamwork and competition; title: Personal realization; title: Novelty, drama, and surprise; title: Part two : Effective relationships.; title: A teacher's presence; title: A teacher's knowledge; title: Part three : Lessons for educators.; title: Enhancing teacher-student relationships; title: Activating the eliciting process; title: What schools can do; title: Appendix : Design and research methods for the Teaching Boys Study