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The Minds of Boys: Saving Our Sons From Falling Behind in School and Life
By: Michael Gurian Publisher: Jossey-Bass Average Rating: Binding: Paperback Label: Jossey-Bass Number of Items: 1 Number of Pages: 368 Publication Date: April 06, 2007
Product Description: Michael Gurian's blockbuster bestseller The Wonder of Boys is the bible for mothers, fathers, and educators on how to understand and raise boys. It has sold over 400,000 copies, been translated into 17 languages, and sells over 25,000 every year, which is more than any other book on boys in history. To follow up on this first book, which launched the boy's movement, he has now written this revolutionary new book which confronts what he and a lot of other parents and teachers in this country truly believe to be a "boy's crisis".
Here are the facts:
Boys today are simply not learning as well as girls
Boys receive 700f the Ds and Fs given all students
Boys cause 900f classroom discipline problems
800f all high school dropouts are boys
Millions of American boys are on Ritalin and other mind-bending control drugs
Only 400f college students are boys
And three out of four learning disabled students are boys
So what can we do?
Gurian has the answer in this enormously fascinating and practical book which shows parents and teachers how to help boys overcome their current classroom obstacles by helping to create the proper learning environment, understand how to help boys work with their unique natural gifts, nurture and expand every bit of their potential, and enabling them to succeed in life the way they ought to.
Gurian presents a whole new way of solving the problem based on the success of his program in schools across the country, the latest research and application of neuro-biological research on how boys' brains actually work and how they can learn very well if they're properly taught.
Anyone who cares about the future of our boys must read this book.
The MInds of Boys: Saving our Sons from Falling Behind in School and Life Good book by a well known, great writer. Check out his other titles, too!
The Minds of Boys is Great I recommend this book to anyone who is raising a boy or teaching boys. It is a fairly easy read with lots of great information about how boys think, learn, etc.
An Especially Good Read This book is an especially good read for any one who interacts or teaches childresn. This book helped me to understand why my personality and my classroom management style of "sit-still" and "be quiet" is contrary to the nature of boys.
I did learn a lot.
Read this before you drug your son A lot of boys are being drugged because their teachers don't know how to handle "boy energy" and find it easier (for them, the teachers) to teach boys who are stoned.
Gurian is a champion for boys' learning styles. Read this and buy a copy for any teacher who wants you to drug your son.
I understand him better now... As a mother of a young boy(5) who is experiencing several of the symptoms described in the book (disliking school, lack of participation, academic difficulties, occasional disruptive behavior, etc), this book has helped me, if nothing else, to be more empathetic, understanding and patient towards him. This in itself is worth a solid recommendation for the book. Our sons need love, support and understanding, despite the aggravation that their behaviour sometimes causes. In a world where teachers and doctors are quick to diagnose ADHD and prescribe drugs, this book also equipped me to have better discussions with doctors and teachers. It does not provide a quick fix, but strong support along the journey.
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