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Michael Gurian,
author of THE
WONDER OF BOYS, and Gurian Institute training
director Kathy Stevens have written a revolutionary new book which
confronts what many parents and teachers believe to be a "boy's
crisis." Boys receive up to 70% of the Ds and Fs given all
students, they create 90% classroom discipline problems, 80% all high
school dropouts are boys, millions of American boys are on Ritalin and
other mind-bending control drugs, only 45% college students are boys,
and three out of four learning disabled students are boys!
Gurian and
Stevens empower parents and teachers by presenting a whole new way of
working with boys based on the success of Gurian Institute
programs in schools across the country, and the latest research and
application of neuro-biological research on how boys' brains actually
work, how they are different from girls, and how they can learn very
well if they're properly taught.
THE MINDS OF BOYS includes ways for every parent to understand and
influence how their own boy is doing in terms of the correct learning
environment, how boys are motivated, how to use the arts and athletics
to teach boys (whether or not they are sensitive boys, aggressive boys,
restless or bored boys), the potential options for separate sex
education at crucial periods of a boy's life, and how to best utilize
the essential role of the parent, teacher, and community. This
cutting-edge method has begun to change educational culture throughout
the US, Canada, England and Australia, with educators in Alabama,
British Columbia, Colorado, California, Missouri, Oregon, North
Carolina, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Florida, Washington, New York, and
Texas, all reporting excellent results.
See Amazon's webpage
for the book!
"In THE MINDS OF BOYS, Michael Gurian and Kathy Stevens target their advice to both parents and teachers, and stress practical information, from nutritional guidelines to recommended classroom layouts."
"In The Minds of Boys, Gurian and Stevens use biological research and more than 20 years of classroom experience to present a detailed plan of how to most effectively teach boys."
"Parents of boys have always known it in their hearts. Boys learn differently from girls. Michael Gurian not only knows it and can prove it, but has ideas about how to help boys succeed. His THE MINDS OF BOYS, written with Kathy Stevens, shows how to help boys in the classroom and at home."
"THE MINDS OF BOYS...a call for a reassessment of how we educate our sons (that) is long overdue."
"Parents perplexed by their bright sons who constantly struggle in school will find hope in The Minds of Boys."
"The Minds of Boys provides a valuable service not only to parents and teachers but also policy makers. Boys today are languishing academically.Gurian and Stevens provide important analysis and practical solutions."
The "Mind of Boys" is an excellent read. I found it enlightening not only as a neuroscientist but also as the mother of a young boy. It has absolutely changed the way that I think about boys (and men) and the ways in which they express their enthusiasm for life.
Department of Psychology; Center for Collaborative Neuroscience
Rutgers University
"THE MINDS OF BOYS is a gift to parents, teachers and anyone else involved in raising or nurturing boys. It is filled with cutting edge neuroscience, yet has the warmth of a wise professional."
"Michael Gurian had the courage to talk about boys before it was popular. His new book, THE MINDS OF BOYS, written with educator Kathy Stevens, takes this work further. It articulates the issues from a brain-based approach, with supporting research. It then gives very practical examples for interventions. I highly recommend this book to anyone who works with boys professionally or personally. I found the book to be extraordinarily helpful.
In The Minds of Boys, a follow-up to his best-selling The Wonder of Boys, social philosopher and therapist Michael Gurian, along with Kathy Stevens, a specialist in education and child development, makes a strong case for an educational crisis involving boys. (The Minds of Boys) is logically organized, readable, and meticulously documented.
"THE MINDS OF BOYS is a wonderfully practical and enjoyable book to read. I thoroughly enjoyed its insights, data and practical strategies. It will help empower parents to demand social justice for boys in school."
"In The Minds of Boys, Michael Gurian and Kathy Stevens provide a very readable description of the current academic dilemma affecting a large number of boys."
Albert Einstein/Irving Zucker Chair in Neuroscience, McMaster University
"THE MINDS OF BOYS is a compassionate and well-considered exploration of the educational crisis many of our boys face. It provides a giant leap in our empathy for what it means to be a boy in our culture. For parents and teachers especially, this book helps them provide boys support through their developmental stages. I regret that I did not have this book in hand while raising my son."
Family Nurturing Center of Michigan.
"THE MINDS OF BOYS is a must read for educators from preschool through young adulthood, and any parent or grandparent who is raising a boy. This book is well researched, offering concrete ways to help our boys develop and flourish in and out of school."
"THE MINDS OF BOYS is a great act of love you can do for your son."
"Wonderfully readable, The Minds Of Boys fills a great void for parents and educators by offering practical ways to change the developmental course for boys at risk. Gurian and Stevens show us that we don't have to surrender our boys to depression or school failure: an essential piece of school reform!"
"THE MINDS OF BOYS provides invaluable information for parents and educators to help them improve boys' academic and social success."
Michael Gurian, michaelgurian@comcast.net,
(509) 624-0623
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