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
10/2011
256
Mole
Inglês
9780814420171
15 a 20 dias
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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
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