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Concern over boys' education in Hungary
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Fascists everywhere love this talking point. It means that some 60 year old, 300 lb gas station attendant can think back to 1983 and pat himself on the back that he's more "masculine" than a 30 year old mid level executive who's 6'2" and ripped and has a model trophy girlfriend and earns 8 times as much as him.
And in Hungary, it means that Orban will soon be arresting, beating and imprisoning gays. Good times.
Boys prefer a more-hands on learning and activity rather than drab swotting and paperwork, which is the female learning style (reading and writing, reading and writing). We're told not to mess around, sit still and be quiet. In short, children's (not just boys' I admit) creativity and curiosity, which is never bad, is nullified and destroyed.
Why Boys Are Failing in an Educational System Stacked Against Them
What Do the Experts Say?
According to Whitmire, children are forced to use literacy skills much earlier than in the past, and boys develop these skills later than girls. In the world of "Kindergarten is the new first grade," boys are struggling mightily to keep up. When it comes to writing, the gender divide is even greater. NCLB and our hyper-focus on standardized test scores is worsening, not ameliorating, the academic struggles of boys, and subsequently increasing the numbers of boys who turn off to school and eventually drop out.
According to Gurian, boys learn by doing and by moving their bodies through space. The more emphasis is placed on the development of early reading skills, and the less emphasis is placed on a healthy amount of movement and experiential learning, the more disadvantageous our schools will be for males.
Our boys need our attention, and although some of what I'm about to write pertains to girls as well as boys, and although gender differences naturally fall across a continuum and no single description fits all boys or all girls, there are nonetheless a number of characteristics that differentiate the two genders generally speaking.
Why Boys Are Failing in an Educational System Stacked Against Them | HuffPost Latest News
Why Boys Are Failing in an Educational System Stacked Against Them
What Do the Experts Say?
According to Whitmire, children are forced to use literacy skills much earlier than in the past, and boys develop these skills later than girls. In the world of "Kindergarten is the new first grade," boys are struggling mightily to keep up. When it comes to writing, the gender divide is even greater. NCLB and our hyper-focus on standardized test scores is worsening, not ameliorating, the academic struggles of boys, and subsequently increasing the numbers of boys who turn off to school and eventually drop out.
According to Gurian, boys learn by doing and by moving their bodies through space. The more emphasis is placed on the development of early reading skills, and the less emphasis is placed on a healthy amount of movement and experiential learning, the more disadvantageous our schools will be for males.
Our boys need our attention, and although some of what I'm about to write pertains to girls as well as boys, and although gender differences naturally fall across a continuum and no single description fits all boys or all girls, there are nonetheless a number of characteristics that differentiate the two genders generally speaking.
Why Boys Are Failing in an Educational System Stacked Against Them | HuffPost Latest News
There has been a war on boys in education for 40 yrs now. By every metric girls outperform them.
Time to put the tools we have into education for boys. There is nothing more dangerous in our society than a rejected, single male with no education.
The education system is a machine. I rewards compliant behavior and punishes extroverted and kinesthetic behavior. First thing they should do is schedule gym first or second period. After boys energy is burned off then they can learn. Simple biology.
In fact there should be a system in place where boys don’t even start attending school until they are 6 or 7. That way they can learn about the world thru spatial relationships to their bodies.
