Breaking Through Barriers to Boys' Achievement: Developing a Caring Masculinity 2nd UK ed. Edition

This revised and updated second edition includes new case studies, data and practical tips and advice. You will find tried-and-tested strategies which will help you to:
– effectively engage boys in the life of the school
– engage boys in the curriculum, with particular emphasis on literacy
– create the right culture for learning
– develop emotional intelligence in boys
– develop self-esteem
– provide opportunities for reflection
– turn the ‘peer police’ into a positive force for good
– teach in ways that will hit all the right buttons for boys, but will not disadvantage girls

Breaking through barriers to boys’ achievement provides a practical toolkit that will enable every teacher, department, key stage or school to determine precisely which barriers impinge upon their work with boys and to plan a way forward. It also provides a range of whole-school models for developing effective projects for raising boys’ achievement.