Reaching Boys, Teaching Boys: Strategies that Work -- and Why

About This Book vii

Foreword by Peg Tyre ix

Acknowledgments xiii

The Authors xv

Introduction xvii

PART ONE: EFFECTIVE LESSONS

1 Transitivity at Work: Five Effective Lessons 5

2 Creating Products 17

3 Lessons as Games 35

4 Motor Activity 65

5 Role Play and Performance 85

6 Open Inquiry 107

7 Teamwork and Competition 121

8 Personal Realization 137

9 Novelty, Drama, and Surprise 171

PART TWO: EFFECTIVE RELATIONSHIPS

10 A Teacher’s Presence 195

11 A Teacher’s Knowledge 209

PART THREE: LESSONS FOR EDUCATORS

12 Enhancing Teacher-Student Relationships 223

13 Activating the Eliciting Process 229

14 What Schools Can Do 237

Appendix: Design and Research Methods for the

Teaching Boys Study 243

References 257

Index 259