Archive for February, 2010

James, A. (2007).  Teaching the male brain: How boys think, feel, and learn in school.  Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press. An Annotation By far the […]

Goldberg, G., Roswell, B. (2002).  Reading, writing and gender: Instructional strategies and classroom activities that work for boys and girls.  Larchmont, NY: Eye On Education. […]

Simmons, R. (2002).  Odd girl speaks out: Girls write about bullies, cliques, popularity, and jealousy.  San Diego, CA: Harcourt. An Annotation This is a fascinating […]

Simmons, R. (2002).  Odd girl out: The hidden culture of aggression in girls.  San Diego, CA: Harcourt. An Annotation This is a fascinating look at […]

Gurian, M. (1996).  The wonder of boys: What parents, mentors and educators can do to shape boys into exceptional men.  New York. NY: Penguin Books. […]

Gurian, M. (2002).  The wonder of girls: Understanding the hidden nature of our daughters.  New York. NY: Atria Books. An Annotation Gurian is a family […]

Williams, B. (2006) Girl power in a digital world: Considering the complexity of gender, literacy, and technology.  Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy 50 (4) […]

Wilhelm, J. (2002).  Getting boys to read: it’s the context! It’s not the text type so much as the situation that determines why and how […]

Gurian, M., Stevens, K. (2004). With boys and girls in mind. Educational Leadership, 62 (3), 21-26. An Annotation A good article outlining the difference between […]

Having explored the scientific research of the last 40 years, Dan Pink has deeply examined what really motivates people. What he’s found is that there is a mismatch between what social scientists know and what business (and education) does. This is a fascinating TED talk that relates some surprising (yet deeply intuitive) facts about intrinsic versus extrinsic motivators.

This is a must for teachers, leaders and builders of in all career fields.