The Minds of Boys: Saving Our Sons From Falling Behind in School and Life
by Michael Gurian
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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 show more truly believe to be a "boy's crisis". Here are the facts: Boys today are simply not learning as well as girls Boys receive 70% of the Ds and Fs given all students Boys cause 90% of classroom discipline problems 80% of all high school dropouts are boys Millions of American boys are on Ritalin and other mind-bending control drugs Only 40% of 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. show lessTags
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Every parent and teach of boys should read this book. Gurian explains why schools fail to educate boys effectively and how that can be remedied. His work is controversial, especially when he draws conclusions based on research in neuroscience, a field beyond his expertise. So not all of his conclusions are necessarily based in solid research, but they often seem intuitively correct. And the solutions he suggests may be worth a try to see if they help boys become more engaged in their education.
brain research on gender differences
suggestions for parents and teachers
very thought provoking
suggestions for parents and teachers
very thought provoking
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Michael Gurian is an educator, family therapist, and author of fourteen books, including the bestselling The Wonder of Boys, A Fine Young Man, and The Good Son. He is an internationally celebrated speaker and writer whose work has been featured in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Time, and other national publications, as show more well as on the Today Show, Good Morning America, CNN, and numerous other broadcast media. Michael Gurian is a therapist and educator who has worked extensively with families, school districts, churches, and criminal justice agencies. Big Brothers and Big Sisters use his training videos for parents and volunteers, and thousands in the U.S. and Canada have attended his seminars. He is founder, with Pat Henley, of the Michael Gurian Institute at the University of Missouri-Kansas, as well as the Institute's leading educator and consultant. He lives in Spokane, Washington. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Nonfiction, General Nonfiction
- DDC/MDS
- 371.823 — Society, Government, and Culture Education Schools and their activities; special education Culture Studies Fagging and hazing; Bullying; German student duels
- LCC
- LC1390 .G87 — Education Special aspects of education Special aspects of education Education of special classes of persons Boys
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