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The Problem with Boys' Education
Taylor and Francis 2009; US$ 43.95This book offers an illuminating analysis of the theories, politics, and realities of boys? education around the world -- an insightful and often disturbing account of various educational systems? successes and failings in fostering intellectual and social growth in male students. Examining original research on the impact of implementing boys? education... more...
Black American Males in Higher Education
Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009; US$ 134.95This is the first of two volumes that specifically addresses the subject of the disproportional decline of Black American Males in higher education. For too long, acknowledgment of this issue has been avoided for fear that it would be clearly and too painfully felt. It is apparent that this issue can no longer be ignored and the need to examine and... more...
Black American Males in Higher Education
Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009; US$ 144.95Part of the "Emerald's Diversity in Higher Education" series, this volume presents discussions related to reports on research and theoretical views pertaining to Black males in higher education. It also includes discussions of intervention programs within or associated with institutions of higher education. more...
Why Boys Fail
AMACOM 2010; US$ 24.95Boys are slipping in school at an alarming rate. Heres why its happeningand how to stop it. more...
Serving Boys through Readers? Advisory
ALA Editions 2009; US$ 38.00Based on more than twenty years? experience working to get boys interested in reading, Michael Sullivan now offers his first readers? advisory volume. more...
Reaching Boys, Teaching Boys
Wiley 2010; US$ 29.95Based on an extensive worldwide study, this book reveals what gets boys excited about learning Reaching Boys, Teaching Boys challenges the widely-held cultural impression that boys are stubbornly resistant to schooling while providing concrete examples of pedagogy and instructional style that have been proven effective in a variety of school settings.... more...
Boy Writers
Stenhouse Publishers 2006; US$ 18.00Writing test scores indicate that boys have fallen far behind girls across the grades. How can we do a better of job of creating ?boy-friendly? classrooms so their voices can be heard? Ralph Fletcher draws upon his years of experience as staff developer, children's book author, and father of four boys. Boy Writers asks teachers to imagine the writing... more...
Teaching Reading to Black Adolescent Males
Stenhouse Publishers 2005; US$ 18.00For those who truly wish to leave no child behind, the racial achievement gap in literacy is one of the most difficult issues in education today, and nowhere does it manifest itself more perniciously than in the case of black adolescent males. Approaching the problem from the inside, Alfred Tatum brings together his various experiences as a black male... more...
Why Boys Fail
AMACOM 2011; US$ 4.99Selected as one of the American School Board Journal?s ?Top Education Reads.? more...
Treasure baskets and heuristic play
Bloomsbury Publishing 2013; US$ 24.99Heuristic Play is a tightly described, but freely accessed activity, using a specific range of 'found' or everyday objects, and, in its pure sense, is only really applicable to a specific age range (from 12 months to about two and a half). However, there is now plenty of evidence that heuristic play has continuing value for children throughout... more...









