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From: Gardow, Pamela <pgardow_at_ecasd.k12.wi.us>
Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2010 11:02:09 -0500
This is an interesting radio interview on the gap in reading proficiency (n ot just in the US, but world-wide) between girls and boys. I think it adds another dimension to our discussion.
Pam
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Why Boys Lag Girls in Reading
Listen and Learn Why do boys lag girls in reading and what can we do about it? Listen as lit eracy expert William G. Brozo discusses the overwhelming evidence of a gend er gap between boys and girls in reading that is an accelerating internatio nal phenomenon. Brozo explores how current notions of masculinity may be co ntributing factors and shares field-tested strategies for closing the gap.
Brozo is Professor of Literacy in the Graduate School of Education at Georg e Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia, and is author of To Be a Boy, To B e a Reader: Engaging Teen and Preteen Boys in Active Literacy (Internationa l Reading Association).
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Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2010 11:02:09 -0500
This is an interesting radio interview on the gap in reading proficiency (n ot just in the US, but world-wide) between girls and boys. I think it adds another dimension to our discussion.
Pam
Now Playing on IRA Reading Radio!
Why Boys Lag Girls in Reading
Listen and Learn Why do boys lag girls in reading and what can we do about it? Listen as lit eracy expert William G. Brozo discusses the overwhelming evidence of a gend er gap between boys and girls in reading that is an accelerating internatio nal phenomenon. Brozo explores how current notions of masculinity may be co ntributing factors and shares field-tested strategies for closing the gap.
Brozo is Professor of Literacy in the Graduate School of Education at Georg e Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia, and is author of To Be a Boy, To B e a Reader: Engaging Teen and Preteen Boys in Active Literacy (Internationa l Reading Association).
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* Forward this e-mail to your professional colleagues and ask them to list en to the program and forward it to a friend * Post the program link on your Facebook, Twitter, or any social media site * Share the program with staff, teachers, and parents in your school and district.
About IRA Reading Radio IRA Reading Radio
airs monthly on the BAM! Radio Network , a radio website for the education community. In each installment, IRA Executive Director William Harvey interviews an expert on a key topic relating to reading education.
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