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In his best-selling classic Boys
and Girls Learn Differently, Michael Gurian explained
the origin and nature of gender differences in the classroom. His
important book explored the behavior teachers observed and the
challenges they faced with both boys and girls in their classrooms.
Taking the next step, Strategies for Teaching Boys and
Girls offers teachers a hands-on resource that draws on
the Gurian
Institute's research and training with secondary
schools and school districts. The workbooks presents practical
strategies, lessons, and activities that have been field-tested in real
classrooms and developed to harness boys' and girls' unique
strengths.
The workbooks are designed to help teachers build a solid foundation of
learning and study habits that their students can use in the classroom
and at home. It covers the key curricular areas and offers proven
techniques to make learning, no matter what the subject, more engaging
for all students.
The workbooks are an essential resource for all teachers who want to
improve their practice and get the most from all students, whatever
their gender.
"[A] wealth of practical ideas on how to change classrooms from places where mostly girls 'sit and git' to places where both boys and girls 'engage and range' in authentic education."
"The Gurian Institute provides us with powerful research put in practical form that will do amazing things in our classrooms and in our students' lives."
Michael Gurian is the New York Times best-selling author of The Wonder of Boys and nineteen other books, including Boys and Girls Learn Differently!, A Fine Young Man, The Good Son, The Wonder of Girls, and The Minds of Boys. He is a pioneer in the fields of family development and education and has appeared on Today, Good Morning America, CNN, NPR, and in The New York Times, USA Today, Time, Newsweek, and elsewhere.
Kathy Stevens, coauthor of The Minds of Boys, is the training director of the Gurian Institute and has worked in education, child development, and the nonprofit sector for more than thirty years in programs as diverse as juvenile and adult corrections, cultural competency training, domestic violence prevention, and women's issues.
Kelley King is director of the Gurian Institute Education Division. She has been a teacher and school principal for more than twenty years.
Michael Gurian, michaelgurian@comcast.net,
(509) 624-0623
© 2011 Michael Gurian. All rights reserved