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Pocket PAL : raising boys' achievement / Gary Wilson ; illustrations by Mike Phillips.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wilson, Gary, author.
- Series:
- Pocket PAL.
- Pocket PAL
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Boys--Education.
- Boys.
- Academic achievement.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (97 p.)
- Edition:
- New edition.
- Place of Publication:
- London [England] ; New York, New York : Bloomsbury, 2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book explores the challenges and barriers to boys' academic achievement and emotional development in educational settings. It examines factors such as early independence, literacy difficulties, classroom practices, emotional intelligence, peer pressure, and the broader school environment. The author provides insights into how societal norms, teaching methods, and school structures can contribute to underperformance among boys. Strategies for engaging boys, fostering independence, and promoting emotional intelligence are discussed, alongside the importance of a whole-school approach to addressing these issues. The book is aimed at educators, school administrators, and parents seeking practical solutions to improve boys' educational outcomes and overall well-being. Generated by AI.
- Contents:
- Cover
- HalfTitle
- Copyright
- Contents
- Introduction
- 1 Early days in school
- Lack of independence prior to starting school
- Less linguistically developed on entry to school
- Made to read and write before being physically or emotionally ready
- 2 Literacy
- Many writing activities seen as irrelevant and unimportant
- Difficulties with structuring written work
- Reticent to spend time on planning and preparation
- Reading fiction perceived as a female province
- 3 Classroom practice
- Mismatch in teaching and learning styles
- Lack of opportunities for reflection
- Inappropriate student grouping
- Inappropriate seating arrangements
- Ineffective group-work
- Mismatch in assessment and boys' preferred ways of working
- 4 Emotional intelligence
- Emotional intelligence issues
- Low self-esteem and limiting self-beliefs
- Teacher talk, teacher expectations
- 5 Socio-cultural factors
- Peer pressure
- Laddish culture
- The influence of street culture
- Lack of positive male role models
- Use of non-performance enhancing drugs
- Lack of engagement with the life of the school
- Parents' lack of understanding of the role they can play
- 6 Whole school
- Playtimes for boys tend to be hyperphysical
- Homophobic bullying
- Inappropriate reward systems
- Intervention occurring too late
- Teachers' lack of awareness of the barriers to boys' learning
- Extra resources
- Further reading.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed June 12, 2014).
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Part of the metadata in this record was created by AI, based on the text of the resource.
- ISBN:
- 1-4729-0962-3
- OCLC:
- 882252675
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