The Minds of Boys, Kathy Stevens
The Minds of Boys, Kathy Stevens
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The Minds of Boys
Saving Our Sons From Falling Behind in School and Life

Author: Kathy Stevens, Michael Gurian

Narrator: Darren Stephens

Unabridged: 10 hr 30 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 07/20/2020

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included


Synopsis

The original cloth edition of this book caused a firestorm of controversy and acclaim, with two major features in Newsweek, and other major broadcast and print media. Parents and educators who are painfully familiar with the crisis in boy's education bought and discussed this book passionately, producing the greatest hardcover sales any Gurian titles has achieved to date. Gurian's greatest sales in the past have always been in paperback, so we're very happy to have this out now at a lower and more competitive price. Regarding the continuing crisis, here are the facts:  Boys receive 70% of the Ds and Fs given all students, they create 90% of classroom discipline problems, 80% of all high school dropouts are boys, millions of American boys are on Ritalin and other mind-bending control drugs, only 40% of college students are boys, and three out of four learning disabled students are boys! So what can we do? Gurian has the answer in this enormously fascinating and practical book which shows parents and teachers how to help our boys overcome their current classroom obstacles and failures and to fulfill themselves, use their intelligence, work with their unique natural gifts, nurture and expand every bit of their potential, and succeed in life the way they ought to. Gurian presents a whole new way of solving the problem based on the success of his program in schools across the country, 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. Boys tend to be better kinesthetic learners, needing physical and spatial stimulation to learn. Boys tend to store less detail in memory centers, have lower serotonin and oxytocin than girls, and tend to be more impulsive, and not as focused or self-disciplined as girls until later stages in their normal development. This program has been tested for over five years under the auspices of The Gurian Institute, and several separate school districts. The program includes a way 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.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Brandi on February 24, 2018

Even though this book is older (2005,) I found it informative and helpful for parents of boys. Increasing numbers of boys are being diagnosed with ADD, getting into trouble at school, have learning disabilities, lag behind girls in the same age group, and are unmotivated at school. Many (most) of th......more

Goodreads review by Kathryn on April 08, 2011

I read this book because my grandson was having a hard time behaving in school and I was trying to help my daughter figure out why. It is a very general overview, so not all of it was relevant for us. Some it was aimed at teachers or at parents of older boys. But it was helpful in helping to underst......more

Goodreads review by Audrey L on March 25, 2010

This is an excellent book to help parents realize what "normal" boy behavior looks like at every stage of their growing up years. Boys and girls do learn differently. Because of the strong focus our education system has on making sure girls are doing well the authors investigate the "male learning s......more

Goodreads review by Amy on May 21, 2009

I love this book. It has great information about what boys need to succeed in school and talks about learning difference between girls and boys. I found the information on television and its negative impact on brain development in boys to be interesting and it helped me make a case to reduce screen......more

Goodreads review by Kristine on February 24, 2020

This book could have said what it needed to say in about half the pages. The information was interesting and some of the educational ideas I will be implementing.......more