Teaching the Male Brain: How Boys Think, Feel, and Learn in School by Abigail Norfleet James

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  • 304pp
  • Sales Rank: 64,211

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  • ISBN-13: 9781412936637
  • Edition Number: 1
  • Pub. Date: March 2007
  • Publisher: SAGE Publications

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  • Pub. Date: March 2007
  • Publisher: SAGE Publications
  • Format: Textbook Paperback, 304pp
  • Sales Rank: 64,211

Synopsis

Helps teachers recognize sociological and neurobiological foundations of cognitive gender differences and develop differentiated teaching strategies that are responsive to boys' learning styles.

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Biography

Abigail Norfleet James taught for many years in single-sex schools and consults on the subject of gendered teaching to school systems, colleges, and universities. Her area of expertise is developmental and educational psychology as applied to the gendered classroom.

Her publications include Teaching the Male Brain: How Boys Think, Feel, and Learn in School and her forthcoming book Teaching the Female Brain: How Girls Learn Math and Science.

She has presented workshops and papers at educational conferences around the world. Her professional affiliations include the American Educational Research Association, the American Psychological Association, the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, the Gender and Education Association, the International Boys' School Coalition, and the National Association for Single Sex Public Education (advisory board member). Prior to obtaining her doctorate from the University of Virginia, she taught general science, biology, and psychology in both boys' and girls' secondary schools.

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May 20, 2007: I found it so refreshing to read a book for teachers that was practical, humorous, and full of useful classroom techniques that can make a real difference in how we teach boys. Ms. James style is clear, enjoyable, and full of ideas for practical classroom applications! All classroom teachers discover that boys and girls learn differently, but they often do not know how to adjust their teaching style to bring out the best in the boys in their classrooms. This book helps a classroom teacher move beyond the 'canned' approach to classroom management, and offers creative and practical ways to do a better job with male and female learners. Ms. James bases her book on extensive brain research, her own classroom experience in single-sex schools, and exhaustive quantitative research. Her conversational style, fascinating case studies, and abundant use of humor make this book fun to read, as well as informative. Any classroom teacher -- in single-sex or coed classrooms -- should read this book.