The Minds of Boys: Saving Our Sons From Falling Behind in School and Life

Цена 26.79 - 36.57 USD

EAN/UPC/ISBN Code 9780787977610

Брэнд Wiley John + Sons


Издатель Jossey-Bass

Страниц 368

Год выпуска 2005

Michael Gurian"s blockbuster bestseller The Wonder of Boys is the bible for mothers, fathers, and educators on how to understand and raise boys. It has sold over 400,000 copies, been translated into 17 languages, and sells over 25,000 every year, which is more than any other book on boys in history. To follow up on this first book, which launched the boy"s movement, he has now written this revolutionary new book which confronts what he and a lot of other parents and teachers in this country truly believe to be a "boy"s crisis". Here are the facts: Boys today are simply not learning as well as girls Boys receive 700f the Ds and Fs given all students Boys cause 900f classroom discipline problems 800f all high school dropouts are boys Millions of American boys are on Ritalin and other mind-bending control drugs Only 400f college students are boys And three out of four learning disabled students are boys So...