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Record Nr.

UNINA9910795908903321

Autore

King Kelley

Titolo

Writing the playbook : a practitioner's guide to creating a boy-friendly school / / Kelley King ; foreword by Michael Gurian, author of The minds of boys and Boys and girls learn differently!

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Thousand Oaks, California : , : Corwin, , [2013]

�2013

ISBN

1-4833-0290-3

1-4833-0293-8

1-4522-8468-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xix, 191 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Gale eBooks

Disciplina

371.8211

Soggetti

Boys - Education

Sex differences in education

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

chapter 1. Making the call : is there really a boy crisis? -- chapter 2. Getting your head in the game : "Need-to-knows" about the male brain -- chapter 3. Chalk talk : a game plan for moving your team down the field -- chapter 4. Leveling the playing field : school policies and procedures that don't squeeze boys out -- chapter 5. Touching base : relationship building to guide boys on their journey -- chapter 6. The ground game : setting up classrooms that help boys succeed -- chapter 7. Hitting it out of the park : game-winning instructional strategies for boys (and girls!).

Sommario/riassunto

Jump-start boys' achievement with a step-by-step leadership plan that draws on brain research to provide a blueprint for creating schools where boys (and girls!) thrive.