Pt. 1. Setting the Scene -- 1. The Context: A Problem of Gender -- 2. Gender Differences and their Impact on Reading and Writing -- 3. The Project: Methods and Issues -- Pt. 2. Complications -- 4. Teachers' Perceptions of Boys, Girls and the Teaching of Literacy: 'It's the Way they Tell Them' -- 5. Taking a Closer Look -- 6. Children Talking about Literacy: Out of the Mouths of Babes -- 7. So Where Do We Go From Here? -- Pt. 3. Towards a Resolution? -- 8. Looking Back: Exploring the Boys and Literacy Issue
Summary
"Trisha Maynard reports the findings of a case study of a primary school whose staff wanted to explore and improve boys' attitudes towards and attainment in literacy, and in particular their difficulties with writing."--BOOK JACKET
