The Trouble with Boys
In this programme, we look at why boys underachieve, how their methods of learning differ from girls and, most importantly, what schools can do to close the gender gap for good.
Recent reports have revealed that there are twice as many boys with learning difficulties as there are girls. In special units, boys outnumber girls by six to one. By seven years of age, one-third of boys, compared to one-fifth of girls, are struggling to read.
In Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, Gary Wilson is employed by Kirklees council specifically to raise boys' achievement after successfully turning around their performance in his own school. His tactics have been shown to work.
With a personal tour of two schools that are doing great work in improving their standards, he gives us the insider's guide to raising boys' achievement.
Read a review of this video on the Teacher Training Resource Bank site.
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Facebookdette1 on 20 April 2009
I am so glad to have come across this video.I am actually located in USA, Detroit Michigan. I know boys get bored but s ...
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- Published: 28 April 2006
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attentive students20 April 2009 - 14:18
I am so glad to have come across this video.I am actually located in USA, Detroit Michigan. I know boys get bored but so do girls. I have a 7yr daughter who does well but complains of being bored now, years to come, may greatly intensify. My 13yr niece is also very bored and not doing well in school and doesn't care either. I have a 10yr son who is doing well but he too is losing interest fast. My 13yr nephew has a lot of trouble in school and fits this video to a tee. I plan to research this further and appreciate the resources you have given. Thank you!
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attentive students20 April 2009 - 14:18
I am so glad to have come across this video.I am actually located in USA, Detroit Michigan. I know boys get bored but so do girls. I have a 7yr daughter who does well but complains of being bored now, years to come, may greatly intensify. My 13yr niece is also very bored and not doing well in school and doesn't care either. I have a 10yr son who is doing well but he too is losing interest fast. My 13yr nephew has a lot of trouble in school and fits this video to a tee. I plan to research this further and appreciate the resources you have given. Thank you!
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Trouble with Boys20 November 2007 - 16:08
Just what I needed to enliven a long INSET. It will certainly appeal to the learning styles of the boys on the staff.
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School matters- the trouble with boys5 May 2007 - 14:06
Excellent video. Intend to use in my own outreach as an AST in primary schools in Lambeth including my own.
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