| Description |
xvii,218 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
1. Why the likely lads lag behind / Kevan Bleach -- 2. Helping boys do better in their primary schools / Colin Noble -- 3. What difference does it make? / Kevan Bleach -- 4. Boys and literacy / Graham Frater -- 5. Raising boys' achievement in English / Val Penny -- 6. A multi-layered approach to raising boys' (and girls') achievement / Brian and Liz terry -- 7. A different style of learning / Alan Davison and Chrisopher Edwards -- 8. Peer counselling at the Boswells School, Chelmsford / John Ryder -- 9. Teaching boys and girls in separate classes at Shenfield High School, Brentwood / Beverley Swan -- 10. Co-education, boys, girls and achievement / Brian Matthews -- 11. Improvement through partnership / Wendy Bradford |
| Summary |
"This new book offers readers in schools a detailed insight into the range of strategies and good practice being used to raise boys' achievement." "The contributors are school-based practitioners with expertise in various aspects of this topic, such as helping boys do better in primary schools, reading and literacy skills, peer counselling, activity-based learning, creating a climate for achievement, positive behaviour management, teaching in single-sex classes, encouraging boys and girls to learn together, the role of the LEA, and much else." "Their case-studies provide school teachers and school leaders with a rich menu of practical ideas, insights and measures from which to choose when tackling this vital issue."--BOOK JACKET |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Academic achievement -- Great Britain.
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Boys -- Education -- Great Britain.
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Boys -- Education.
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School failure -- Great Britain.
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Sex differences in education -- Great Britain.
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Sex differences in education.
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Underachievers -- Great Britain.
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| Author |
Bleach, Kevan.
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| ISBN |
1858561035 (paperback) |
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1858561426 |
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