Boys and Girls Learn Differently!

Beschreibung
At last, we have the scientific evidence that documents the manybiological gender differences that influence learning. Forinstance, girls talk sooner, develop better vocabularies, readbetter, and have better fine motor skills. Boys, on the other hand,have better auditory memory, are better at three-dimensionalreasoning, are more prone to explore, and achieve greater abstractdesign ability after puberty.

In this profoundly significant book, author Michael Guriansynthesizes the current knowledge and clearly demonstrates how thisdistinction in hard-wiring and socialized gender differencesaffects how boys and girls learn. Gurian presents a new way toeducate our children based on brain science, neurologicaldevelopment, and chemical and hormonal disparities. The innovationspresented in this book were applied in the classroom and provensuccessful, with dramatic improvements in test scores, during atwo-year study that Gurian and his colleagues conducted in sixMissouri school districts.

Besprechung
"Boys and Girls Learn Differently! offers valuable and much-neededtools to provide boys and girls with true equal educationalopportunities. The new techniques Michael Gurian presents here willtransform our classrooms and the way parents teach their childrenin very positive ways." --John Gray, author, Children Are fromHeaven and Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus

"From the beginning of time, parents and sensitive teachers haveobserved differences in the behavior, learning styles, and focusedinterests of girls and boys. Defying the political correctness thatis today's common wisdom, Gurian and the contributing authors drawon emerging neuroscientific data to justify these perceptions.While never allowing us to lose sight of the reality of individualdifferences, they suggest creative ways to modify the learningenvironment to encourage a broader spectrum of achievement in bothgender groups." --Edward Zigler, Sterling Professor ofPsychology, Yale University, and one of the original planners ofthe national Head Start program

"Overflowing with challenging ideas and practical advice,Gurian's research offers parents and teachers a true gift-theknowledge and support needed to create dynamic learningenvironments for both boys and girls." --Ann F. Caron, authorof Mothers to Daughters and Strong Mothers, Strong Sons

'The insights and innovations in Boys and Girls LearnDifferently! have been applied in our classrooms with phenomenalsuccess, leading to better academic performance and betterbehavior. I highly recommend this book to all parents, teachers,and school administrators." --Dan Colgan, superintendent ofschools, St. Joseph, Missouri"Boys and Girls Learn Differently! offers valuable and much-neededtools to provide boys and girls with true equal educationalopportunities. The new techniques Michael Gurian presents here willtransform our classrooms and the way parents teach their childrenin very positive ways." --John Gray, author, Children Are fromHeaven and Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus

"From the beginning of time, parents and sensitive teachers haveobserved differences in the behavior, learning styles, and focusedinterests of girls and boys. Defying the political correctness thatis today's common wisdom, Gurian and the contributing authors drawon emerging neuroscientific data to justify these perceptions.While never allowing us to lose sight of the reality of individualdifferences, they suggest creative ways to modify the learningenvironment to encourage a broader spectrum of achievement in bothgender groups." --Edward Zigler, Sterling Professor ofPsychology, Yale University, and one of the original planners ofthe national Head Start program

"Overflowing with challenging ideas and practical advice,Gurian's research offers parents and teachers a true gift-theknowledge and support needed to create dynamic learningenvironments for both boys and girls." --Ann F. Caron, authorof Mothers to Daughters and Strong Mothers, Strong Sons

'The insights and innovations in Boys and Girls LearnDifferently! have been applied in our classrooms with phenomenalsuccess, leading to better academic performance and betterbehavior. I highly recommend this book to all parents, teachers,and school administrators." --Dan Colgan, superintendent ofschools, St. Joseph, Missouri