Peg Tyre

Challenging the widely-held cultural impression that boys are stubbornly resistant to schooling, Reaching Boys, Teaching Boys features more than 100 detailed examples of classroom activities-along with real-world teaching techniques-that have proven effective with male students. Based on a wide-ranging, worldwide study of more than 1,500 boys and 1,000 teachers, the book reveals what boys need in order to want to succeed in school and offers tips...