Why Boys Fail: Saving Our Sons from an Educational System Thats Leaving Them Behind
Why Boys Fail: Saving Our Sons from an Educational System Thats Leaving Them Behind
Whitmire, Richard
HarperCollins Focus
09/2011
256
Mole
Inglês
9780814420171
15 a 20 dias
In a time when even cops, construction foremen, and machine operators need post-high school degrees, that's a problem. This book takes a hard look at how this ominous reality came to be, how it has worsened over the years, and why attempts to resolve it often devolve into finger-pointing and polarizing politics.
CONTENTS Acknowledgments xi Introduction to the Paperback Edition 1 1 Discovering the Problem 13 2 The Reason for the Boy Troubles: Faltering Literacy Skills 27 3 The Likely Causes of the Reading Lapses 39 4 The Writing Failures 63 5 The Blame Game: What Gets Blamed (Unfairly) for the Gender Gaps 79 6 Solutions: What Works for Boys? 107 7 Impediments to a Solution: The Ideological Stalemate 135 8 The International Story: Australians Struggle with the Boy Troubles 151 9 Why These Gender Gaps Matter 163 10 Actions That Need to Be Taken 181 Appendix: The Facts About Boys 211 Notes 217 Index 229 About the Author 239
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In a time when even cops, construction foremen, and machine operators need post-high school degrees, that's a problem. This book takes a hard look at how this ominous reality came to be, how it has worsened over the years, and why attempts to resolve it often devolve into finger-pointing and polarizing politics.
CONTENTS Acknowledgments xi Introduction to the Paperback Edition 1 1 Discovering the Problem 13 2 The Reason for the Boy Troubles: Faltering Literacy Skills 27 3 The Likely Causes of the Reading Lapses 39 4 The Writing Failures 63 5 The Blame Game: What Gets Blamed (Unfairly) for the Gender Gaps 79 6 Solutions: What Works for Boys? 107 7 Impediments to a Solution: The Ideological Stalemate 135 8 The International Story: Australians Struggle with the Boy Troubles 151 9 Why These Gender Gaps Matter 163 10 Actions That Need to Be Taken 181 Appendix: The Facts About Boys 211 Notes 217 Index 229 About the Author 239
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