| Description |
Within the context of empirical research undertaken by the authors during the course of a 4-year research and intervention project on Raising Boys? Achievement, the book will focus on approaches that are successful in raising achievement for boys, and the reasons for that success. It will explore the whole aspect of boys? achievement, and look at how primary schools are addressing the issue, and the processes involved in schools working collaboratively and voluntarily to share good practice. Case study material will be used to illustrate the different contexts in which the strategies have been studied, and of great importance is the incorporation of boys? and girls? own perspectives on their educational experiences. |
| Author Biography |
Mike Younger (M.A.) is Director of PGCE Courses in the Faculty of Education at the University of Cambridge, and co-director of the Raising Boys? Achievement Project.
Eve Bearne (M.A., Ph.D.) is Associate Director of Research at Homerton College, Cambridge, and has been a member of the Raising Boys? Achievement Project team. She has written extensively on literacy issues in primary and secondary schools and has edited many books, the most recent being Classroom Interactions in Literacy |
| Table of Contents |
Part I - The Debate and The Process 1. Introduction: the achievement debate 2. `We?re very aware of boys?: confronting the issues 3. `Working together is invaluable?: a collaborative approach Part II - Approaches and Impacts 4. `Here we really believe in ourselves?: tackling sociocultural issues 5. `It?s fun to write really?: becoming readers, writers and authors 6. `When I?m not here, my teacher misses my ideas?: focus on pedagogy and individual learning 7. Conclusion: Overcoming the Barriers |
