pt. I. How boys and girls learn differently -- 1. How the brain learns: inherent differences between boys and girls -- The wide spectrum of gender in the brain -- How the brain works -- How boys' and girls' minds are different -- Developmental and structural differences -- Chemical differences -- Hormonal differences -- Functional differences -- Differences in processing emotion -- Why the brains are different -- A brief history of brain difference -- The role of hormones in the womb and at puberty -- 2. How brain-based differences affect boys and girls -- Areas of learning-style difference -- Deductive and inductive reasoning -- Abstract and concrete reasoning -- Use of language -- Logic and evidence -- The likelihood of boredom -- Use of space -- Movement -- Sensitivity and group dynamics -- Use of symbolism -- Use of learning terms -- Learning differences and the intelligences -- Time and sequence -- Space and place -- Applying the intelligences to brain-based gender difference -- The state of boys and girls in our schools -- Advantages for boys, challenges for girls -- Advantages for girls, challenges for boys -- Applying brain-based research to gender advantage -- Studies based on political assumptions -- The political search for workplace privation -- Creating the ultimate classroom --
pt. II. Creating the ultimate classroom for both boys and girls -- 3. The ultimate preschool and kindergarten classroom -- The foundation of early learning: bonding and attachment -- Day care, preschool, and kindergarten community building -- The case for preschool -- Parents as teachers -- The parent education coordinator -- Nutrition and learning -- Carbohydrates, proteins, and the school day -- Fatty acids -- Dealing with aggressive behavior -- Aggression nurturance -- Increasing empathy nurturance and verbalization -- Discipline techniques -- The outdoor classroom -- Directing boys and girls to academic excellence -- Teaching math and spatials -- Language development -- Special education -- Creating a tribe: bonding and school-home alliances -- Use of psychotropic medications -- The ultimate preschool and kindergarten classroom for both boys and girls -- Tips for parents --
4. The ultimate elementary school classroom -- Structural innovations -- Use of school time -- Class size, number of teachers, and teacher-to-student ratio -- Using group dynamics and group work as a basis of pedagogy -- Use of computers and other media in elementary school -- The outdoor classroom -- Bonding and attachment in elementary learning -- Handling students' emotional stress -- The role of the mentor -- Community collaboration: mentors from outside the school -- How to provide discipline in the elementary classroom -- Learning from past mistakes -- Discipline techniques after and offending act -- Discipline techniques to prevent undisciplined behavior -- Motivation techniques -- Character education -- CHARACTERplus -- Integrating character education into the whole school -- Dealing with cruelty, hazing, and violence -- Zero-tolerance policies -- Innovations for academic excellence -- Innovations for teaching language arts, especially reading and writing -- Innovations for teaching math and science -- Standardized testing -- Special education, learning disabilities, and behavioral disabilities -- Class within a class -- Fast ForWord -- Other spatial stimulants and use of movement -- The multisensory approach to reading problems -- Cooperative and competitive learning -- Sports and athletics -- The ultimate elementary classroom for both boys and girls -- Tips for parents --
5. The ultimate middle school classroom -- Structural innovations -- Single-sex education -- Rites of passage -- Use of uniforms -- Classroom size and other innovations -- Bonding and attachment -- The early adolescent's drop in self-esteem -- Handling students' emotional stresses -- Community collaboration -- How to provide discipline in t he middle school classroom -- Strategies for providing discipline -- Mandatory sports -- Character education -- Innovations for teaching language arts and math and science -- Girls and computer science -- Special education -- Rethinking special education through the lens of gender and the brain -- Innovations for dealing with behavioral elements of special ed -- The underachiever as a special ed category -- The power of bonding -- The ultimate middle school classroom for both boys and girls -- Tips for parents --
6. The ultimate high school classroom -- Bonding and attachment -- Communication and conflict resolution -- The art of mentoring -- Peer leadership, not peer pressure -- Discipline systems -- Character education and service projects -- Structural innovation -- Class and school size -- Uniforms -- Time and time-of-day innovations -- The innovations students are asking for -- Counterinnovations -- Rites of passage -- Full psychosocial education, not just sex education -- Improving sex education -- Gender education -- Innovations to improve academic learning -- Teaching mathematics, science and technology -- Technology and gender -- Teaching reading and literacy -- Standardized testing -- Special education -- The ultimate high school classroom for both boys and girls -- Tips for parents -- What high school students are saying: their fears.
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