Monday, January 23, 2006

Newsweek - The Trouble With Boys

This weeks edition of Newseek has a cover article on the declining performance of boys in school titled, “The Trouble with Boys.”

A number of important questions came to mind as I was reading this:

  1. Is this yet another sign of how our educational system is not meeting the needs of our children (ie. outdated)?
  2. When will we shift our mindset from solely looking at the student as the problem, and begin to take some responsibility for the fact that maybe the system is just not structured in a way that meets kids’ needs?
  3. Can technology, in conjunction with updated pedagogy, be a catalyst for the changes needed, especially since boys seem to gravitate toward a high-tech world?

“In elementary-school classrooms—where teachers increasingly put an emphasis on language and a premium on sitting quietly and speaking in turn—the mismatch between boys and school can become painfully obvious.”

I want to say, “Duh!” Is this only ineffective for boys? Or are girls more likely to thrive despite the culture of the classroom?

Posted by Randy on 01/23 at 05:29 PM
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