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Boys & Girls Learn Differently! A Training Program of the Gurian Institute

Explore a training program by the Gurian Institute that applies a gender lens to reshape teaching concepts for boys. Learn effective strategies to bridge the literacy gap, integrate movement, and stimulate creativity in the classroom. Discover ways to incorporate music, visual-spatials, and engaging content to cater to boys' interests and learning styles. Delve into the importance of providing varied and enticing reading materials for boys while addressing concerns regarding violence in writing. Empower boys through inclusive and dynamic teaching approaches that value their unique perspectives and foster creativity.

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Boys & Girls Learn Differently! A Training Program of the Gurian Institute

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  1. Boys & Girls Learn Differently! A Training Program of the Gurian Institute

  2. We are Generalizing! We are not Stereotyping!

  3. Apply the Gender Lens How does this new lens change our ideas about teaching boys?

  4. Classroom Strategies:Closing the Gender Gap in Literacy

  5. Increase Movement • Shorter verbal chunks • Brain Breaks • Lessons with movement • Social interaction • Flexible work areas • Small motor stimulation 16 15 14

  6. How does movement help learning? 15

  7. General Movement Ideas

  8. General Movement Ideas

  9. General Movement Ideas

  10. General Movement Ideas Stand up instead of raising hand

  11. General Movement Ideas Take regular stretch breaks

  12. General Movement Ideas Students get up to get own supplies

  13. General Movement Ideas Stress balls www.officeplayground.com and www.orientaltrading.com

  14. Content-Integrated Movement Ideas Ball Toss Review 16

  15. Content-Integrated Movement Ideas Continent Scramble

  16. Content-Integrated Movement Ideas Attack of the Stickies

  17. Vote with Your Feet Content-Integrated Movement Ideas

  18. Creating space… • Boys need more physical work space. • Make sure desks can be moved aside. • Create a variety of seating arrangements

  19. Keep some floor space open, if possible

  20. Take it outdoors!

  21. When do you use music? • Relaxing - Energizing - Transitioning 30

  22. In your table group some up with: • A lesson that could incorporate movement • A great idea for a Brain Break • A great movement song • Choose someone who will share your best idea with the whole group!

  23. Brain Break 15

  24. Use Visual-Spatials • Graphic Organizers

  25. Learning Scrolls • Word Walls • Symbol Cards ♥ ☼ ♂ $

  26. Robbie Lazy Funny Swimming Singing Sleeping Superman Champion Astronaut Robert

  27. When do you use music? • Stimulating Sensory & Emotive Detail 30

  28. Show What You Know • Create a 4-panel coat of arms • Draw a road map for how to … • Create a book cover and table of contents…

  29. www.flickr.com

  30. Tough Choices, Tough Times

  31. Do You Hear What I See ? ? 31

  32. Incorporate Topics That Appeal To Boys 29

  33. “A good book for a boy is one he wants to read.” (Moloney, 2002)

  34. Amazon’s Top 5 List of Books Boys Are Reading (May 2008) 1-2-3: Rip-roaring escapades featuring the 14-year-old spy 4: Astonishingly tall 15-year-old Alfred is plunged into a world of adventure, assassination, and Arthurian legend 5: Eighth-grade football hero Wallace Wallace earns a detention that takes him off the team and plunks him down in the auditorium where he ends up in a school musical

  35. Topics that appeal to boys • Aggression-themes, violent scenarios • Action-oriented, competition • Superheroes • Gross or slapstick humor • Stories reconstructed from TV & video games

  36. Girls tend to favor: • Relational-themes • Stories about feelings and memories • Stories about family, friends

  37. Violence in boys’ writing Where do you draw the line? Have the boundaries changed in light of school shootings? Are we shutting boys down? What are ideas for managing what is written & shared?

  38. Suggestions for Boys… • Bring in boys’ outside interests • Appreciate boy humor • Be open to aggression themes in writing

  39. Add “non-school” texts to classroom libraries. Check out www.guysread.com 47

  40. Use song lyrics as text www.rockhall.com

  41. Share books that appeal to boys. • What kinds of “non-school” texts can you add to your classroom? • Where do you draw the line with violence in boys’ writing?

  42. What Jump Starts Our Brains? Survival Novelty Relevance

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