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Teenage boys and high school English / Bruce Pirie.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Pirie, Bruce, 1953-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English language--Study and teaching (Secondary)--United States.
- English language--Study and teaching (Secondary).
- Teenage boys.
- Education, Secondary.
- United States.
- Teenage boys--Education (Secondary)--United States.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 152 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Portsmouth, NH : Heinemann, [2002]
- Summary:
- By pulling together research from the fields of psychology, sociology, linguistics, and education, then measuring that research against his own years teaching in the secondary classroom, Pirie has been able to map the hurdles that stand in the way of boys' achievement.
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 Why Bother? 1
- Chapter 2 Why Are They Like That? 9
- Chapter 3 Classroom Visit: Grade 11, Nonacademic 22
- Chapter 4 Wuss! Dealing with Feelings 33
- Chapter 5 Voodoo and Gibber-Jabber: Writing 51
- Chapter 6 I Have Better Things to Do: Reading 76
- Chapter 7 Classroom Visit: Grade 10, Academic 101
- Chapter 8 They Just Don't Listen! Speaking and Listening 111
- Chapter 9 Classroom Visit: Grade 9, Academic 126
- Chapter 10 An Infinity of Possibilities 133.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 145-152).
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 0867095369
- OCLC:
- 50155832
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