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Record Nr.

UNINA9910781067203321

Autore

Whitmire Richard

Titolo

Why boys fail [[electronic resource] ] : saving our sons from an educational system that's leaving them behind / / Richard Whitmire

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : AMACOM, c2010

ISBN

9786612492686

0-8144-1535-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (256 p.)

Disciplina

370.154

Soggetti

Motivation in education

Academic achievement

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Discovering the Problem; 2 The Reason for the Boy Troubles: Faltering Literacy Skills; 3 The Likely Causes of the Reading Lapses; 4 The Writing Failures; 5 The Blame Game: What Gets Blamed (Unfairly) for the Gender Gaps; 6 Solutions: What Works for Boys?; 7 Impediments to a Solution: The Ideological Stalemate; 8 The International Story: Australians Struggle with the Boy Troubles; 9 Why These Gender Gaps Matter; 10 Actions That Need to Be Taken; Appendix: The Facts About Boys; Notes; Index; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

Boys are slipping in school at an alarming rate. Here's why it's happening-and how to stop it.