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Getting it right for boys-- and girls

Author: Colin Noble; Wendy Bradford
Publisher: London ; New York : Routledge, 2000.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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"Boys' under-achievement is grabbing headlines in the education debate, and it has never been more important to solve the problem. This book offers clear and practical strategies to headteachers, classroom teachers and other professionals for ways to address the issue. Founded on the very latest school-based research, it provides practical and proven ways of managing the problem which are in the scope of all  Read more...
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Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Colin Noble; Wendy Bradford
ISBN: 041520884X 9780415208840 0415208858 9780415208857
OCLC Number: 41488584
Description: xviii, 258 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents: 1. We are facing a crisis --
2. How and why boys under-achieve --
3. The importance of teaching and learning styles --
4. How to organise a strategy to raise boys' achievement --
5. One school's story --
6. Making decisions about setting --
7. Other whole school strategies designed to raise boys' achievement --
8. Getting it right for boys and girls in the classroom --
9. Raising achievement in English --
10. Raising achievement in mathematics and science --
11. Raising achievement in design and technology --
12. Raising achievement in modern foreign languages --
13. Raising achievement in the humanities --
14. Raising achievement in the arts --
15. Getting it right in the secondary school library
Responsibility: Colin Noble and Wendy Bradford with a foreword by Ted Wragg.
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This book offers clear and practical strategies to headteachers, classroom teachers and other professionals for ways to address the issue of boys' underachievement.  Read more...

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schema:reviewBody""Boys' under-achievement is grabbing headlines in the education debate, and it has never been more important to solve the problem. This book offers clear and practical strategies to headteachers, classroom teachers and other professionals for ways to address the issue. Founded on the very latest school-based research, it provides practical and proven ways of managing the problem which are in the scope of all teachers and heads - in all phases of education." "The book looks at reasons for boys' under-achievement, ways of adapting teaching styles to maximise learning gains for boys ... and girls, guidance on how to plan successful pyramid, whole school and classroom approaches, practical strategies for subject leaders and teachers, examples of successful case studies, and how to introduce ideas through professional development."--Jacket."
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