CONTENTS
Introduction 1
1 Listening to Boys and Their Teachers 7
2 Boys’ Underperformance in School 15
3 The Promise of Relational Teaching 27
4 Conveying Mastery and Maintaining Standards 41
5 Reaching Out and Responding 55
6 Being a Personal Advocate 73
7 Establishing Common Ground 93
8 Accommodating Opposition 107
9 When Boys Cannot Relate 121
10 When Teachers Cannot Relate 141
11 Becoming a Relational School 165
Appendix 177
Notes 187
Acknowledgments 193
About the Authors 195
Index 197
Michael Reichert is executive director of the Center for the Study
of Boys' and Girls' Lives, a national research collaborative of
independent schools in partnership with the University of
Pennsylvania.
Richard Hawley is headmaster emeritus of Cleveland's University
School, where for four decades he taught, counselled, and coached
middle and high school boys.
"I Can Learn From You: Boys as Relational Learners by Michael
Reichert and Richard Hawley delivers an engaging, evidenced-based
guide that dispels common stereotypes about boys (e.g., that
they're difficult to teach and engage), emphasizes the primacy of
relationships in classroom learning, and outlines key components of
teacher-student relationships that can facilitate boys' educational
success." -- Judy Y. Chu, Teachers College Record
"This well-written book gives scholars and practitioners alike
reason to reimagine 'boys' and a set of characteristics that add
specificity and actionability to the sometimes-nebulous concept of
'relationships.'" -- Marcus B. Weaver-Hightower, Sex Roles
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