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Teenage Boys and High School English | 
 enlarge | Author: Bruce Pirie
Publisher: Boynton/Cook
Category: Book
Buy New: $19.50
New (11) Used (10) from $6.60
Avg. Customer Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 1064463
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 168
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 9.3 x 7.5 x 0.4
ISBN: 0867095369
Dewey Decimal Number: 373.182351
EAN: 9780867095364
ASIN: 0867095369
Publication Date: August 21, 2002
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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Product Description
By pulling together research from the fields of psychology, sociology, linguistics, and education, then measuring that research against his own years teaching in the secondary classroom, Pirie has been able to map the hurdles that stand in the way of boys' achievement.
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Helping Boys One Female Teacher At A Time December 23, 2006
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I'm giving this book five stars because as a female teacher, I was absolutely amazed at the way he crafted this book so that educators (mainly female) can get a glimpse into the way boys view the English classroom.
The book begins by giving startling, true facts about boys and literacy. It notes the obvious advantage girls have under five (as they tend to grasp language quicker and express it more often). Pirie then shows how girls capitalize on this and how boys begin to be intimidated by female dominated 'correct' answers. I found this all fascinating and very true (I learned to read and write young and my brother took longer, although we grew up in the same literacy-oriented home).
The author does a fine job in the chapters that follow of interpreting male emotions and how English teachers can maximize on them. I love this book!
The last five chapters are broken into writing, reading, speaking and listening. In these chapters, the author gives specific examples of how English teachers can adjust their thinking-without sacrificing female learning-to account for the male perspectives on the above subjects. He gives concrete exampes that he has used for helping boys understand, authentically, topics like poetry, essay writing and speaking.
I think Bruce Pirie has offered a great book for English Teachers and has given hope to the idea of the 'well-read' young boy. He has showed me that through no fault of my own, I, a female English teacher, have contributed to an atmosphere that simply isn't conducive for a young boy's thought process. Pirie has also, in a unblaming fasion, showed me how to alter my teaching style in a way that compliments and highlights the attributes men and young boys value. I can do all this without leaving girls in the dust.
Thank you Bruce!
teenage boys and high school english December 1, 2003
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Since the media has recently covered a number of articles about boys' reading skills lagging behind those of girls, this book is timely. Extremely readable, high school teachers will certainly recognize themselves and their male students in the pages of Pirie's book. What was most interesting to me was the realization that many of the behaviors boys exhibit in the classroom have very different meanings than previously believed. The book stands on its head many of the pedagogical practises we believed to be valid, and gives examples of which pedagogical practises will more likely meet the needs of teenage boys, as well as benefit the entire classroom, and therefore, the girls in it. All high school teachers should read this book.It is pertinent to any subject area and will address issues relevant to all classrooms.
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