| Category |
(8) developing positive and productive learning environments ( 2) promoting self-esteem and resilience (1) approaches to literacy/literature teaching |
| Title |
(15) What is the matter with boys: showing the boys the way towards manhood. |
| Author |
West, Peter |
| Details |
2002, Choice, N.S.W
ISBN 0 947277 93 5 |
| Description |
A book that provides a topical discussion of some of the challenges and problems facing boy’s education in Australian schools. It covers a range of topics including: Boys in families, Suicide-proofing our boys, Why fathers still matter, What does it mean to be a boy?, Behaviour in the home, Puberty, Motivating boys and Behaving at school. It is an easy to read book and practical in its focus with suggestions about what schools, teachers and parents can do to better engage boys and to create a more positive and productive learning environment. |
| Target market |
Primary teachers, secondary teachers, parents |
| Purpose and/or Outcomes |
The purpose of this book is to shed some light on why boys do not do as well as they could and to then provide parents and teachers with practical ideas for raising boys and ideas for schools about educating them. |
| Possible Applications |
This is a general information book useful for teachers as it gives practical, researched based suggestions about educating boys. The book is also relevant to parents as it provides a wide range of practical ideas for raising boys. |
| Additional information |
The book includes an extensive index and has relevant website addresses. |
| Key Words |
Boys-Psychology. Boys – Education. Fathers and sons. Child rearing. |