Teaching boys who struggle in school : strategies that turn underachievers into successful learners

Title
Teaching boys who struggle in school : strategies that turn underachievers into successful learners

Personal Author EPSB
Kathleen Palmer. Cleveland

Summary
Presents strategies for teaching boys who struggle in school, covering attitudes about learning, self-confidence, learning skills, and distracting behaviors as a means of self-protection; and provides lesson plans and anecdotes from numerous teachers.

Year Published
2011

Physical Description
233 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Contents
Framing the issue of underachievement -- The pictures within the picture: the style dynamic -- The invisible background: cultural influences on masculine identity building -- A long-term, integrated, multifaceted approach -- Pathway no. 1: support -- Pathway no. 2: guide -- Pathway no. 3: reinforce -- Pathway no. 4: adjust -- Pathway no. 5: ignite -- Pathway no. 6: empower.

Subject
Boys -- Education.
 
Underachievers -- Education.
 
Academic achievement.

Summary
Presents strategies for teaching boys who struggle in school, covering attitudes about learning, self-confidence, learning skills, and distracting behaviors as a means of self-protection; and provides lesson plans and anecdotes from numerous teachers.

ISBN
9781416611509

Publisher
Alexandria, VA : ASCD, c2011.


LibraryCall NumberTypeItem BarcodeStatus
Brightview371.8 CLEBook30504000004171Non-Fiction