Breaking Through Barriers To Boys' Achievement : Developing A Caring Masculinity

Description

In this ground-breaking book Gary Wilson presents the full picture as to why boys underachieve at school and what can be done about it. The emphasis is not simply increasing academic achievement but developing a 'caring masculinity'. it delivers proven breakthrough strategies for issues such as: how to engage boys in the life of the school switching boys on to the curriculum especially literacy creating the right culture for learning developing boys' emotional intelligence and self-esteem how to turn the peer police into a positive force for good how to hit all the right buttons for boys; without disadvantaging girls.

Promotion info

Evidence and speculation abounds concerning the issues for boys' and girls' pre-school development. This ground-breaking new book examines research findings and provides strategies to help teachers break through the barriers and raise boys' achievement.

Reviews

Gary Wilson provides some challenging ideas about the way education is structured: food for thought and some recipes for action Elaine Hall, www.teachingandexpertise.com, December 2007

Author description

Gary Wilson is a freelance consultant and author, and chair of the National Education Breakthrough Programme on Raising Boys' Achievement in the UK. He wrote "Using the National Healthy School Standard to Raise Boys' Achievement" for the DFES and in 2003 was made the country's first LEA school improvement officer with specific responsibility for raising boys' achievement. He has advised and trained in over two hundred schools across the UK. He has appeared on Teachers' TV and Radio 4 several times. Gary Wilson also runs training sessions based on the book Breaking through Barriers to Boys Achievements with Osiris Educational. You can find more details here.