Beschreibung:
The problems of boys in schools, especially in reading and writing, have been the focus of statistical data, but rarely does research point out how literacy educators can combat those problems.
1. What's Going Down: A Review of the Current Concerns Around Boys and Literacy; 2. Going with the Flow: What Boys Like to Do and Why They Like to Do It; 3. Do the Right Thing: The Instrumental Value of School and Reading; 4. Mostly Outside, Rarely Inside: Situations That Promote Literacy; 5. May I Have the Envelope Please? The Texts Boys Enjoy and Why They Enjoy Them; 6. A Profound Challenge: Applications for Classroom Practice; Appendixes: A. Major Coding Categories; B. Reading Log Directions and Examples; C. Category System for the Protocol Analysis and Distribution of Moves by Story