Gurian / Stevens / King Strategies for Teaching Boys and Girls -- Secondary Level

A Workbook for Educators
1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-1-118-04115-4
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 192 Seiten, E-Book

In his best-selling classic Boys and Girls LearnDifferently, Michael Gurian explained the origin and nature ofgender differences in the classroom. His important book exploredthe behavior teachers observed and the challenges they faced withboth boys and girls in their classrooms. Taking the next step,Strategies for Teaching Boys and Girls?Secondary level: AWorkbook for Educators offers teachers a hands-on resource thatdraws on the Gurian Institute's research and training withsecondary schools and school districts. The workbook presentspractical strategies, lessons, and activities that have beenfield-tested in real classrooms and developed to harness boys' andgirls' unique strengths.
The workbook is designed to help teachers build a solidfoundation of learning and study habits that their students can usein the classroom and at home. It covers the key curricular areasand offers proven techniques to make learning, no matter what thesubject, more engaging for all students.
The workbook is an essential resource for all teachers who wantto improve their practice and get the most from allstudents?whatever their gender.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gurian, Michael

Stevens, Kathy

King, Kelley

Inhaltsverzeichnis

About This Book.
The Authors.
About the Gurian Institute.
Acknowledgments.
1 What Could They Be Thinking? The Science of Boy-Girl LearningDifferences.
2 Maximizing the Brain-Body Connection: Moving Through theCurriculum.
3 Creating a New Playbook: Using More Visual-Spatial Strategiesin Your Classroom.
4 Building Learning Teams of Boys and Girls: Promoting PositiveSocial Development.
5 Letting Them Lead: The Power of Choice on the DevelopingAdolescent Brain.
6 When Am I Ever Going to Use This Again? Finding Ways to MakeLearning Real.
7 Reading Between the Lines: Figuring Out What Adolescents WillRead.
8 Modeling the Adult World: The Crucial Role of the Mentor.
9 After the Final Bell Rings: The Lives of Teenagers OutsideSchool.
Epilogue.
Sources.
Index.

Über Autor(innen)

THE AUTHORS
MICHAEL GURIAN is the New York Times best-selling author of The Wonder of Boys and nineteen other books, including Boys and Girls Learn Differently!, A Fine Young Man, The Good Son, The Wonder of Girls, and The Minds of Boys. He is a pioneer in the fields of family development and education and has appeared on Today, Good Morning America, CNN, NPR, and in The New York Times, USA Today, Time, Newsweek, and elsewhere.
KATHY STEVENS, coauthor of The Minds of Boys, is the training director of the Gurian Institute and has worked in education, child development, and the nonprofit sector for more than thirty years in programs as diverse as juvenile and adult corrections, cultural competency training, domestic violence prevention, and women's issues.
KELLEY KING is director of the Gurian Institute Education Division. She has been a teacher and school principal for more than twenty years.