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The Minds of Boys
Saving Our Sons from Falling
behind in School and Life
by
Michael
Gurian &
Kathy Stevens
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.
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"The
ideas in THE MINDS OF BOYS seem to be catching on. The Gurian
Institute has trained more than 15,000 teachers."
—
Newsweek,
September 19, 2005
¤
"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."
—
Education
Week, September 7, 2005
¤
"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."
—
NEA
Today, November 2005 (National Education Association)
¤
"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."
—
Nancy
Churnin, Dallas Morning News
¤
"THE MINDS OF BOYS...a call for a reassessment of how we educate our
sons (that) is long overdue."
—
Washington
Post Book World
¤
"Parents perplexed by their bright sons who constantly struggle in
school will find hope in The Minds of Boys."
—
Soledad
O'Brien, USA Weekend and CNN
¤
"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."
—
Chistina
Hoff Sommers, Author of THE WAR AGAINST BOYS
¤
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.
—
Tracey
J. Shors, Ph.D.
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."
—
Daniel
Amen, MD, Author of Making A Good Brain Great
¤
"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.
—
Ruby
Payne, Author of A FRAMEWORK FOR UNDERSTANDING POVERTY
¤
In The Minds of Boys,
a
follow-up to his best-selling The Wonder of Boys, therapist and social
philosopher 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.
—
Library
Journal - August 2005
¤
"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."
—
Stephen
J. Bavolek, Ph.D., Founder, The Nurturing Parenting Program
¤
"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."
—
Sandra
F. Witelson
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."
— Pat Crum,
Director/Co-Founder of the
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."
—
Dr.
Paul D. Slocumb, Author of Hear Our Cry: Boys in Crisis
¤
"THE MINDS OF BOYS is a great act of love you can do for your son."
—
Scott
Haltzman, M.D., Psychiatrist, Rhode Island
¤
"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!"
—
Robin
Karr-Morse, Author of Ghosts From The Nursery
¤
"THE MINDS OF BOYS provides invaluable information for parents and
educators to help them improve boys' academic and social success."
—
Mike Merrifield, Colorado House of Representatives, Chair of the
Education Committee
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