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Edited
by Myra Barrs and Sue Pidgeon
Myra Barrs, “Tools for Change"
in Boys and Writing
The gender
gap between girls and boys in literacy is greatest in relation
to writing. Girls regularly achieve more highly than boys
in NC English Assessments, but breaking down the KS2 data
reveals a difference of 15% between girls and boys reaching
level 4 in writing. However this national pattern obscures
major differences between individual schools - in some schools
boys do just as well as girls. How do some teachers manage
to create a classroom climate where boys succeed in literacy?
And how can teachers best support boys who are unwilling to
write, or who find writing difficult?
This book
is the fourth CLPE publication about gender and literacy,
edited by Myra Barrs and Sue Pidgeon, and a parallel book
to Boys and Reading. The core of the books is a group
of articles by teachers from a recent CLPE project on Boys
and Writing. There are also chapters by well-known writers
in this field, including Eve Bearne, Lynda Graham and Gemma
Moss. The book aims to contribute positively to the national
debate on what constitutes effective practice in helping boys
to write.
ISBN 1872267262
Paperback
£14.00 / £12.00 (lower price for CLPE Schools
Network)
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