Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 371.82341
EAN num: 9781593631987
ISBN number: 1593631987
Label: Prufrock Press
Manufacturer: Prufrock Press
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 220
Printing Date: October 01, 2006
Publishing house: Prufrock Press
Release Date: October 01, 2006
Sale Popularity Level: 517998
Studio: Prufrock Press
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Many parents and educators yesterday are worried about the education of smart girls, especially in areas like math and science, but what about their male counterparts? According to a U.S. Census Bureau report (2004), 12% of boys drop out of high school, compared to 9% of girls. In addition, the current trend sees more girls enrolling in college than boys. Boys need to be given the tools they need to succeed in school, including strategies for channeling their interests, keeping them actively engaged, increasing their participation in humanities classes like language arts, and dealing with the unique social and emotional problems they face in school. The authors, national education leaders, combine field-tested strategies and advice with case studies of boys across the nation to give smart young boys and their parents a strong guide for ensuring boys' sucess in school and the future. Educational Resource
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This book was a godsend to me. As a mother of a struggling boy in middle school, I was able to understand what he was going through a little better and was able to help him through his struggles in school. He went from getting D's and F's last year to A's and B's this year and much of that is attributed to the advice that I gathered from reading this book.
I am also currently earning my teaching certificate and plan to use strategies in this book with my future male students.
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This book is very well written and deftly handles the positioning of the subject matter. I have a son who started Kindergarten this year and was miserable. This book gave me a lot of perspective on the situation and led me to take a series of productive steps, and made me acutely aware of how critical it is to address negative situations as early as possible - with a clear plan to address the specific problems. In addition, this book has led to many beneficial conversations with close friends about the challenges they are facing with their sons in school.
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As a parent of a 4-year old pre-kindergartner, this book already resonates with many excellent examples to understand how boys learn best, as well as practical advice for helping boys achieve sucess in school. Even within the pre-K environment, I've seen several examples of education that caters to girls and discounts the strengths of boys as outlined in the book. This is an excellent guide for parents to clue into the types of education that support learning for boys, as well as what to look for in school curriculums and ways to spot teaching philosophies that will either inhibit or support the education of boys. This book grabbed me with Chapter 1 and I will recommend this to any parent of a boy.
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As an educator of 27 years and a Ph.D. student, I read Helping Boys Succeed in School with rapt attention. The practical nature of the book impressed me, and I believe it will prove to be very useful for parents and educators. The vignettes in the book brought me to both laughter and tears. Ideas on channeling boys' interests made me reflect upon creative projects my students have done, while at the same time challenging me to make even the tedious aspects of the curriculum more engaging. I have purchased 11 copies of the book and shared them with parents, who are also praising Helping Boys Succeed in School.
Linda R. Prueter
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"Helping Boys Succeed in School" is a guidebook for helping boys in the classroom and in life. Neu and Weinfeld provide a plan with specific strategies and tools teachers and parents can use to help boost boys' reading and writing skills. I have read this and learned things to use with my own boys and in the classroom, as a teacher. This book has added to my repertoire of tricks I use to help my boys succeed in reading and writing.
Neu and Weinfeld show how improving reading and writing skills helps boost a boy's self esteem which carries over to other subjects in school and extra curricular activities. They explain how the current push on reading and writing has negatively effected boys in the classroom and how to make this push a positive, successful experience. Coaches, mentors, multi sensory activities, karate or football, writing about what the boy is obsessed with, using movies, drama, assistive technology, and audio books are a handful of things Neu and Weinfeld touch upon. These ideas work.
There is a chapter on alternative education ideas for when the typical school classroom does not work. In this chapter there is a checklist with Q and A parents can use to devise a successful school model for their children.
Each chapter concludes with comprehensive lists to help you use what you have read - from strategies to help your boy succeed in the classroom to a table reviewing the most common sports for boys in the US which includes things like "physical demands, skill requirements, equipment costs, level of motivation for sucess etc." This book has given me insight into the importance of mentors and coaches and what to look for in each for the future.
Neu and Weinfeld talk about the "Cracking the Boy Code" which looks at gender stereotypes and how those affect boys. Informative.
A book I will refer to throughout my children's education.
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