Boys and Girls Learn Differently! a Guide for Teachers and Parents

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Jossey-Bass · 2010년 10월 19일

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The 10th Anniversary Edition of the Groundbreaking Classic For Understanding Gender Differences in the Classroom With this edition, author Michael Gurian and educator Kathy Stevens have revised and updated Gurian's highly acclaimed book Boys and Girls Learn Differently! That classic work clearly demonstrated how the distinction in hard wiring and socialized gender differences affects how boys and girls learn. In this new edition, Gurian and Stevens present a proven method for educating our children based on both the latest research in brain science and leading-edge practical strategies. The innovations presented in this book were applied in the classroom and proven successful, with significant improvements in test scores, student behavior, and teacher effectiveness, during a two-year study Gurian and his colleagues conducted in six Missouri school districts. This revised edition also includes new information on a wealth of topics including how to design successful classrooms for both boys and girls in elementary, secondary, middle, and high school. Praise for the first edition of Boys and Girls Learn Differently! "Guidance on how to create 'ultimate classrooms' at all grade levels." -Chicago Tribune "Calls for many changes if we are to make schools the best that they can be." - American Secondary Education "Provides guidelines for brain-based innovations that will motivate and inspire everyone-teachers, parents, policymakers, and caretakers-interested in educating kids." -The African Sun Times "Combines theory and practical suggestions in an effective, readable text. Recommended." -Library Talk
Michael Gurian is a pioneer and leading authority in gender issues worldwide. The New York Times best-selling author of The Wonder of Boys, The Minds of Boys, The Purpose of Boys, and The Wonder of Girls, he is cofounder of the Gurian Institute, an active research and training organization in the fields of education, family development, and gender studies. Kathy Stevens is executive director of the Gurian Institute and coauthor of five books with Michael, including The Minds of Boys.
A thoroughly revised edition of the classic resource for understanding gender differences in the classroom In this profoundly significant book, author Michael Gurian has revised and updated his groundbreaking book that clearly demonstrated how the distinction in hard-wiring and socialized gender differences affects how boys and girls learn. Gurian presents a proven method to educate our children based on brain science, neurological development, and chemical and hormonal disparities. The innovations presented in this book were applied in the classroom and proven successful, with dramatic improvements in test scores, during a two-year study that Gurian and his colleagues conducted in six Missouri school districts. Explores the inherent differences between the developmental neuroscience of boys and girls Reveals how the brain learns Explains when same sex classrooms are appropriate, and when they're not This edition includes new information on a wealth of topics including how to design the ultimate classroom for kids in elementary, secondary, middle, and high school.
In this profoundly significant book, author Gurian has revised and updated his groundbreaking book that clearly demonstrated how the distinction in hardwiring and socialized gender differences affects how boys and girls learn.
This book offers much-needed tools, based on scientific and psychological field research, that demonstrates the fundamental core differences in boys and girls learning styles, skills, strengths, and weakness, based upon specific ages of development. Boys and girls are both hard-wired and socialized differently, and consequently exhibit distinct gender differences. For example, girls talk sooner, develop better vocabularies, read better and have better fine motor skills. Boys, on the other hand, have better auditory memory, three dimensional reasoning, are more prone to explore and learn more through direct action and kinetic movement then while sitting in a chair at a desk all day. This has profound implications on how classrooms are designed, built, and utilized, from Kindergarten to high school graduation.This gender-based way to education our children is based on brain science, neurological development, and chemical and hormonal disparaties. The innovations based on these discoveries were applied and proven successful in schools throughout the world.Major research and developmental advances have been made since the first edition of this book was published, particularly in the field of brain imaging that reveals exactly how boys and girls learn, and what's the difference. We now know much more about memory, vision, aural and kinetic experiences of the brain and how it influences the classroom. Consequently this revised edition includes cutting edge tips and technique as well as examples from field trial from a broad variety of schools and settings.The book also tackles the thorny question of same-sex education, with Gurian recommending that during the middle school years -- seventh, eighth, and ninth grades particularly -- boys and girls can benefit greatly from being in single-sex classrooms.
Tagline: The first Revised Edition of this controversial manifestoA comprehensive update that includes the latest brain research and psychological studies on what's different and what isn't among young boys and girls in schools, including the conflicts over when and if they should have separate classes to insure their best chances of success.

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• Acknowledgments
  Introduction
  Who We Are and What We Do
  How to Use This New Edition
  Success Stories Since the Missouri Pilot
  Innovating With Single-Sex Options
  Moving Forward at the Nexus of Science and Practice
  How Boys and Girls Learn Differently
  How the Brain Learns: Inherent Differences Between Boys and Girls
  The Wide Spectrum of Gender in the Brain
  How the Brain Works
  How Boys' and Girls' Minds Are Different
  Developmental and Structural Differences
  Chemical Differences
  Hormonal Differences
  Functional Differences
  Differences in Processing Emotion
  Why the Brains Are Different
  A Brief History of Brain Difference
  The Role of Hormones in the Womb and at Puberty
  How Brain-Based Differences Affect Boys and Girls
  Areas of Learning-Style Difference
  Deductive and Inductive Reasoning
  Abstract and Concrete Reasoning
  Use of Language
  Logic and Evidence
  The Likelihood of Boredom
  Movement
  Sensitivity and Group Dynamics
  Use of Symbolism
  Use of Learning Teams
  Learning Differences and the Intelligences
  Time and Sequence
  Space and Place
  Applying the Intelligences to Brain-Based Gender Difference
  The State of Boys and Girls in Our Schools
  Advantages for Boys, Challenges for Girls
  Advantages for Girls, Challenges for Boys
  Applying Brain-Based Research to Gender Advantage
  Studies Based on Political Assumptions
  The Political Search for Workplace Privation
  Creating the Ultimate Classroom
  Creating the Ultimate Classroom for Both Boys and Girls
  Authors' Note
  The Ultimate Preschool and Kindergarten Classroom
  The Foundation of Early Learning: Bonding and Attachment
  Handling Children's Emotional Stress
  Bonding and Attachment Solutions
  Day Care, Preschool, and Kindergarten Community Building
  The Case for Preschool
  Parents as Teachers
  The Parent Education Coordinator
  Nutrition and Learning
  Carbohydrates, Proteins, and the School Day
  Fatty Acids
  Dealing with Aggressive Behavior
  Aggression Nurturance
  Increasing Empathy Nurturance and Verbalization
  Discipline Techniques
  The Outdoor Classroom
  Directing Boys and Girls to Academic Excellence
  Teaching Math and Spatials
  Language Development
  Special Education
  Creating a Tribe: Bonding and School-Home Alliances
  Use of Psychotropic Medications
  The Ultimate Preschool and Kindergarten Classroom for Both Boys and Girls
  For the Boys
  For the Girls
  Tips for Parents
  The Ultimate Elementary School Classroom
  Structural Innovations
  Use of School Time
  Class Size, Number of Teachers, and Teacher-to-Student Ratio
  Using Group Dynamics and Group Work as a Basis of Pedagogy
  Use of Computers and Other Media in Elementary School
  The Outdoor Classroom
  Bonding and Attachment in Elementary Learning
  Handling Students' Emotional Stress
  The Role of the Mentor
  Community Collaboration: Mentors from Outside the School
  How to Provide Discipline in the Elementary Classroom
  Learning from Past Mistakes
  Discipline Techniques After an Offending Act
  Discipline Techniques to Prevent Undisciplined Behavior
  Motivation Techniques
  Character Education
  CHARACTERplus
  Integrating Character Education into the Whole School
  Dealing with Cruelty, Hazing, and Violence
  Definition of Terms
  Zero-Tolerance Policies
  Innovations for Academic Excellence
  Innovations for Teaching Language Arts, Especially Reading and Writing
  Innovations for Teaching Math and Science
  Standardized Testing
  Special Education, Learning Disabilities, and Behavioral. Disabilities
  Class Within a Class
  Fast ForWord
  Other Spatial Stimulants and Use of Movement
  The Multisensory Approach to Reading Problems
  Cooperative and Competitive Learning
  Sports and Athletics
  The Ultimate Elementary Classroom for Both Boys and Girls
  For the Boys
  For the Girls
  Tips for Parents
  The Ultimate Middle SchoolClassroom
  Structural Innovations
  Single-Sex Education
  Rites of Passage
  Use of Uniforms
  Classroom Size and Other Innovations
  Bonding and Attachment
  The Early Adolescent's Drop in Self-Esteem
  Handling Students' Emotional Stresses
  Community Collaboration
  How to Provide Discipline in the Middle School Classroom
  Strategies for Providing Discipline
  Mandatory Sports
  Character Education
  Innovations for Teaching Language Arts and Math and Science
  Innovations for Teaching Language Arts
  Innovations for Teaching Math and Science
  Girls and Computer Science
  Special Education
  Rethinking Special Education Through the Lens of Gender and the Brain
  Innovations for Dealing with Behavioral Elements of Special Ed
  The Underachiever as a Special Ed Category
  "Mr. Daba": The Power of Bonding
  The Ultimate Middle School Classroom for Both Boys and Girls
  For the Boys
  For the Girls
  Tips for Parents
  The Ultimate High School Classroom
  Bonding and Attachment
  Communication and Conflict Resolution
  The Art of Mentoring
  Peer Leadership, Not Peer Pressure
  Discipline Systems
  Character Education and Service Projects
  Structural Innovations
  Class and School Size
  Uniforms
  Time and Time-of-Day Innovations
  The Innovations Students Are Asking For
  Counterinnovations
  Rites of Passage
  Full Psychosocial Education, Not Just Sex Education
  Improving Sex Education
  Gender Education
  Innovations to Improve Academic Learning
  Teaching Mathematics, Science, and Technology
  Technology and Gender
  Teaching Reading and Literacy
  Standardized Testing
  Special Education
  The Ultimate High School Classroom for Both Boys and Girls
  For the Boys
  For the Girls
  Tips for Parents
  What High School Students Are Saying: Their Fears
  Epilogue
  Notes
  Parents' Book Study for Boys and Girls Learn Differently!
  Teachers' Book Study for Boys and Girls Learn Differently!
  The Gurian Institute
  The Authors
  Index
  Table of Contents provided by Publisher. All Rights Reserved.

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ISBN	9780470608258 ( 0470608250 )
발행(출시)일자	2010년 10월 19일
쪽수	400쪽
크기	152 * 226 * 28 mm / 499 g
총권수	1권
언어	영어