The minds of boys : saving our sons from falling behind in school and life /
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| Author / Creator: | Gurian, Michael. |
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Imprint: | San Francisco, CA : Jossey-Bass, c2005. |
| Description: | x, 351 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5875560 |
Table of Contents:
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part 1. Protecting the Minds of Boys
- 1. The Current Crisis
- Is There Really a Crisis?
- Understanding and Fixing the Crisis
- The Next Step
- 2. How Boys Learn
- A New Science
- Boy Energy
- The Mismatch Between Boys and Conventional Education
- Confronting and Educational Myth
- Ending the Myth of Gender Plasticity and Supporting the Way Boys Actually Learn
- A Boy-Friendly Model for Protecting the Minds of Boys
- Becoming Practical
- Part 2. Starting Boys out in Boy-Friendly Learning Environments
- 3. Helping Boys Learn Before They Begin School
- Protecting the Learning Potential of a Young Brain
- Building Bonding and Attachment
- Boys' Special Attachment Issues
- Ten Strategies to Promote Attachment
- The Importance of Emotions in a Boy's Early Education
- The Core Philosophy of Choice Making
- Promoting Verbal Development in a Young Boy
- Balancing a Boy's Fine and Gross Motor Development
- Calming the Hidden Stressors in a Boy's Life
- 4. Effective Preschool and Early Learning Environments for Boys
- Providing a Boy-Friendly Learning Environment
- Boys and Sensory Issues
- Brain Breaks
- Music and the Brain
- The Outdoor Classroom
- Do You Have to Use Your Words to Use Your Brain?
- 5. Removing Key Environmental Stressors from Boys' Lives
- Promoting Brain Health
- Brain Injuries
- Screen Time: TVs, Videos, Video Games, Computers
- What a Boy Eats and Drinks
- The Beauty of Brain Health
- Part 3. Teaching School Curricula in Boy-Friendly Ways
- 6. Helping Boys Learn Reading, Writing, and Language Arts
- What Parents Can Do
- What Teachers Can Do
- Do Heroes Read and Write?
- 7. Helping Boys Learn Math and Science
- Relevance!
- What Parents Can Do to Help Boys Learn Math
- What Teachers Can Do to Help Boys Learn Math
- What Parents Can Do to Help Boys Learn Science
- What Teachers Can Do to Help Boys Learn Science
- The Importance of the Arts and Athletics in Academics
- 8. Using Single-Gender Classrooms Effectively
- The Essential Search for Equality
- The Success of Single-Gender Classes
- The Importance of Teacher and Parent Buy-In
- Single-Gender Sex Education
- Bringing Single-Gender Innovations to Your School
- Part 4. Helping Boys Who Need Extra Help
- 9. A New Vision of Learning Disabilities, Add/Adhd, and Behavioral Disorders
- The Inherent Fragility of the Male Brain
- Changing Our Course
- Getting the Right Diagnosis
- Treatment
- Moving to Optimism
- 10. Confronting Undermotivation and Underperformance in Boys' Learning
- Undermotivated, Underperforming Boys
- Some Causes of Undermotivation-and Some Cures
- When Gifted Boys Are Undermotivated
- Motivating Our Sons
- 11. What Parents and Teachers Can Do to Motivate Boys to Learn
- What Parents Can Do
- What Teachers Can Do
- Helping Gifted Nonachievers
- The Key Role of Men in Motivating Boys
- Leaving No Boy Behind
- 12. Helping Sensitive Boys in our Schools
- Bridge Brains
- Fighting Gender Stereotypes
- The Emotional Lives of Sensitive Boys
- What Parents Can Do to Help Sensitive Boys
- What Teachers Can Do to Help Sensitive Boys
- Choosing to Succeed
- Epilogue
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Appendix. Ten Tips for Handling Bullying Among Boys
- The Gurian Institute
- About the Authors
- Index
