General+readings+about+Boys+Ed

We began just 'piquing' the interest of the staff with occassional readings and references to Boys Ed throughout the first term. Of particular interest was the work of an academic, Dr Peter West. Two readings in particular caught the interest of the staff. We have adapted one of them here, drawing the relevant issues out and presenting a brief summary.

The other significant reading is called:

Increasing Boys' Achievement http://www.literacytrust.org.uk/campaign/west.html

These two readings 'started our staff off' and from there they began to find, or notice, readings and articles relevant to our studies. Here are some of the readings we've found related to the topic of Boys Education

This reading points out an approach that our staff saw as a significant factor in successfully teaching boys- breaking down tasks into specific steps and using praise and clearly defined instructions. It is from a study in the UK but has some interesting ideas. The article is called:

Teaching Underachieving Boys http://www.literacytrust.org.uk/Pubs/teaching.html

The UK has a lot of research going on in regards to Boys' Ed. This link provides access to a range of research projects/ articles related to a variety of aspects related to Boys Ed: http://www.literacytrust.org.uk/Database/boys/index.html

This Link from the above page is also full of great articles: http://www.literacytrust.org.uk/Pubs/ltarticles.html#gender