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Resources
Here are several books and articles pertaining
to literacy and learning regarding boys and
girls which should be of interest to all who
want to inspire youths to enjoy the written or
oral word.
Booth, David. (2002).
“Even hockey players read: Boys, literacy and
learning.”
Markham, Ontario: Pembroke.
This book examines many
issues that pertain to the “literacy lives” of
boys. In particular it examines how boys
perceive themselves as readers, and how parents,
teachers and peers influence their literacy
development.
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Blair, H. and Sanford, K
(2004).
“Morphing
Literacy: Boys Reshaping Their Literacy
Practices.
Language Arts”
81(3)
This journal article explores
what literacy means to adolescent boys. It
shows how boys are changing the shape of
literacy and how this implication will impact
the future of teaching a language arts program.
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Millard, Elaine. (1997).
“Differently literate: Boys and Girls and the
schooling of literacy.” London: Routeledge
and Farmer.
This book focuses on
researching the different experiences that boys
and girls have with respect to the reading and
writing curriculum. It provides insight into
children's habits of literacy engagement at home
and school.
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Ontario Ministry of
Education. (2004).
“Me Read? No Way!” (ISBN 0-7794 – 7014 –
1)
Ottawa, Ontario. Queens Printer for
Ontario.
This ministry document is
designed as part of an initiative to support
student success in literacy. In particular it
focuses on boys and how to develop strategies to
engage and enhance their success with literacy.
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Peterson, Shelley. (2004)
“Supporting Boys’ and Girls’ Literacy
Learning.” Orbit, 34(1), 33-35.
This journal article makes an
attempt to probe into some of the reasons as to
why a gender gap exists in literacy scores
between boys and girls in elementary school.
Strategies for increasing the engagement of boys
with literacy are explored.
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Smith, Michael W. and
Wilhelm, Jeffrey. (2002)
“Reading don’t fix no Chevys: Literacy in the
lives of young men.” Portsmouth, NH:
Heinemann.
This book outlines some of
the problems that boys experience with literacy,
namely reading and writing. The authors attempt
to discuss why boys embrace or reject certain
ways of being literate and how they can become
motivated to read by using texts with certain
qualities.
This link is for information
about book on
ERIC
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Sullivan, Michael. (2003).
Connecting Boys with books.
Chicago, Illnois: ALA Editions.
This
article offers some ideas and perspectives on
why boys aren't as involved in reading as girls,
and what the community can do to change this.
The particular focus is on what the library and
librarian can do to encourage boys to actively
read.
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Taylor, Deborah. and Lorimer
Maureen (2002/2003).
Helping boys succeed, Educational Leadership.
(60) 4, 68-70.
This article describes
several academic and behavioural issues
involving males in schools, such as males
scoring lower in language arts and on
standardized tests as compared to females and
how males dominate school discipline statistics.
It goes on to suggest several strategies to
address these issues. Some include 1) offering
more technology, using multiple literacy
approaches, encouraging mentoring relationships,
and incorporating more action-oriented
activities.
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Links
CEC
Council of
Exceptional Children
TASH
organization for inclusion and advocacy
CDSS
Downs
Syndrome -Canada
NDSS
Downs
Syndrome-USA
NICHY
National Information Center for Children and
Youth with Disabilities
SERI
Special Education Resources on the
Internet
SPEAC
School ParaEducator
Association of Colorado
MEA
Montana Education Association
NEA
National Education Association
NRCP
National Resource Center for Paraprofessionals
WPEC
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Raising Small Souls -a website
about responsible parenting for the future. It
provides information and newsletters.
Here is a
download link to the special report on getting
your kids to cooperate without nagging, haggling
or bribing.
http://www.raisingsmallsouls.com/kids-cooperate.pdf
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WEBSITE:
www.ThinkCollege.net
postsecondary information for youth with
disabilities, families, and professionals..
BOOKMARK THIS:
www.cenmi.org
The Center for Educational Networking is a
project of the Michigan Department of Education,
Office of Special Education and Early
Intervention Services. Publications include:
FOCUS on Results
and a Michigan Directory of Service Providers as
well as other documents and links to educational
websites
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CLASSROOM RESOURCE:
www.sopriswest.com
Choose and Take Action: Finding the Right Job
for You.
Interactive software/CD ROM for people with
cognitive disabilities, autism, and severe
learning disabilities. Sopris West Educational
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800-547-6747
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