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New report looks at best practices for enhancing the teaching & learning of minority boys in single-sex classrooms
Nipissing University, Schulich School of Education, tenured, full professor Dr. Douglas Gosse has released a groundbreaking new study that uncovers optimal teaching and learning approaches and strategies for minority boys, via the implementation of single-sex classrooms. Canadian boys, as in the USA and abroad, have greater literacy problems than girls. Boys also voice more disengagement […]
Read MoreMale educators in Grand Forks elementary classrooms
Early in his teaching career at Grand Forks’ Ben Franklin Elementary School, Harold Gustafson had a good student he described as “a little Pigpen,” named after the Peanuts character who was always followed by a trail of dust. The boy’s father kept urging him to clean his room, but the boy refused. One weekend, the […]
Read MoreOur schools need more male teachers
In recent years, education experts have converged on one big idea: Teachers matter. Studies show that years of good teaching can set a student on a good path, while years of bad teaching can do the opposite. Yet only a fraction of our teachers are the best and the brightest of their generation. According to […]
Read MoreCreating future-minded African American men
Of all the projects he completed in the Hearts and Minds program this spring, Roman Putman Jr. is most proud of his “future board.” The shy, well-spoken Fairfield boy, 8, spent hours scanning the pages of magazines for symbols, words or pictures that represent what he wants to do with his life: Become a doctor. […]
Read More50 per cent more males in teaching
According to the BBC, a report funded by the Department for Education (DfE) has suggested that men are not only increasing their presence in the education sector, but are doing so at five times the rate of women. Changes focused on Primary Schools The results of the report, carried out by The Teaching Agency (TTA), […]
Read MoreMichigan Man finds satisfaction teaching overseas
Kevin Hodges has a career that, quite literally, could take him around the world before he’s done. “It’s unbelievable,” said Hodges, a 1983 Battle Creek Central High grad who waded through his share of uncertainty and frustration before settling on a job that, at least in the United States, is beset by instability and layoffs. […]
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