Books / Articles - Book Reviews: Bringing out the best in boysBringing the Best out in BoysA really accessible, practical and useful handbook for parents and anyone who works with boys …not only explains clearly and insightfully what makes boys tick, but also provides a host of tips and strategies for bringing the best out in them.’ Tim Byford, Literacy Consultant This book is sub-titled ‘communication strategies for teachers’, but much of the underlying psychology is just as useful for parents and home-educators. I found this book very informative; the author outlines the great differences between the way male and female brains work (yes, it's scientific fact!), why boys need different approaches to learning and how to make it enjoyable for them. The most pleasing feature for me was that the text is interspersed with actual case studies and examples to illustrate a point. The author has balanced the adult views well with relevant quotes from schoolchildren of all ages. Sally Smith - Education Otherwise Lucinda Neall's wise book takes on an issue that is now familiar to teachers, but which surfaced as a specific concern at the end of the 1980s. Within a four-year period the gap between boys' and girls' performance changed from rough equality to significant disparity, chiefly as a result of girls' improvement. Boys were being left behind. Since then, in many ways, we have made the problem worse with a curriculum that too often emphasises passive learning and defines success as purely academic. Geoff Barton - Times Educational Supplement |
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