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Teaching Strategies to Connect with Twenty First Century Boyhood

Plan lessons through the eyes of the boy most likely to push back, and get reluctant boys reading and writing.

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Some boys have decided a lesson isn't for them before they've sat down. You'll know the shrug, and the 'why are we doing this?'

The course is taught by a teacher of more than 20 years who still teaches every day, and every strategy in it is one he uses. The main one is double planning. Spend five minutes looking at your lesson through the eyes of your most reluctant boy and you'll have answers ready before the pushback comes. For reading, make it safe to stumble and start by asking for one sentence. For writing, show what a good one and a bad one look like, then let them mark the bad one.

Running through it is Michael Morpurgo's Not Bad for a Bad Lad. It shows how a teacher who believes in a boy can keep him connected to school, and how one public humiliation can undo it.

Modules

7 modules
  1. 1Introduction3 min
  2. 2Context8 min
  3. 3Questions to ask yourself7 min
  4. 4Not bad for a bad lad12 min
  5. 5Boy friendly lesson part 111 min
  6. 6Boy friendly lesson part 218 min
  7. 7Wrap up2 min

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