See also  Books for Boys

Me Read? No Way! A Practical Guide to Improving Boy's Reading Skills
 http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/document/brochure/meread/meread.pdf
 Download this 60 page document from Ontario Education for lots of
 practical suggestions based on 13 Strategies for Success.

 Boys and Girls Differ in Their Reading Habits
 http://www.teacherlibrarian.com/tlmag/v_30/v_30_3_feature.html
 Teacher Librarian magazine article

 Guys Read
 http://www.guysread.com/
 Site by Jon Scieszka who wanted to help boys "find stuff they like to
 read". The site is edgy and should definitely appeal to boys. The
 downloadable posters and bookmarks might get them there as much as he
 searchable guides to good story choices.

 Tips to Encourage Reading: ALA Teen Read site
 http://www.ala.org/ala/yalsa/teenreading/tipsenc/tipsencourage.htm
 The Reader's Bill of Rights can be found at this web page. You'll also
 find book lists and tips to encourage reading.

 If Your Boy Won't Read
 http://www.scholastic.com/familymatters/read/gr6_8/boys.htm
 You'll find many good suggestions and lists at this site from Scholastic

 Official Roald Dahl Web
 http://www.roalddahl.com/
 Lots of fun things for Middle Years students to see and do at Roald Dahl's
 site. Who wouldn't want to read his books after playing at this site?
 Users have to register. Adults are NOT allowed according to ne cartoon sign that
 is waved back and forth on one of the pages. Roald Dahl died (1990) before
 the Internet developed as it is. We can only imagine he'd be pleased with
 his official web site.

 Teens at Random Author's web sites
 http://www.randomhouse.com/teens/websites.html

 

  Teacher Reference

 Increasing Boys' Achievement
 http://www.literacytrust.org.uk/campaign/west.html
 Research evidence suggests some practical things schools can do to engage
 boys and improve their educational attainment, social skills and health.
 Dr Peter West, Head of the Research Group on Men and Families, at the
 University of Western Sydney, Australia, reports.

 Boys: Getting it right
 http://www.aph.gov.au/house/committee/edt/eofb/index.htm
 Report on Australian government enquiry into education of boys.

 Boys In Schools and Society
 http://www.acer.edu.au/research/programs/documents/BoysInSchoolSoc.pdf
 Australian Council for Educational Research report about boys education.

 Improving Educational Outcomes For Boys
 http://www.decs.act.gov.au/publicat/pdf/Ed_Outcomes_Boys.pdf
 Ideas for teaching boys in the classroom.

 Success For Boys
 http://www.successforboys.edu.au/
 Success for Boys is a $19.4 million Australian Government initiative that
 aims to help schools improve boys' learning outcomes and engagement
 nationally, by providing teachers with access to high quality professional  learning.

 Raising Boys' Achievement Project
 http://www.standards.dfes.gov.uk/genderandachievement/goodpractice/
 UK report that sought and evaluated strategies found to be particularly
 helpful in motivating boys.

 Boys' Education Research and Websites
 http://www.dest.gov.au/sectors/school_education/policy_initiatives_reviews/key_issues/boys_education/boys_education_research_and_websites.htm#Websites
 Links to sites related to education of boys.

 Boys' Education Links
 http://www.trinity.wa.edu.au/plduffyrc/teaching/boys.htm
 Links compiled by Rosemary K Horton, P.L Duffy Resource Centre, Trinity
 College, Western Australia.

 Boys: Gender and Schooling
 http://education.qld.gov.au/students/advocacy/equity/gender-sch/about.html
 Boys Gender and Schooling has been developed by Education Queensland for
 school communities - teachers, administrators, parents - working to
 address issues in boys' education.

 University of Newcastle: Boys In Schools Program
 http://www.newcastle.edu.au/centre/fac/binsp/what-we-do.html
 Provides research, support programs and resources to educators throughout
 Australia in order to showcase boys' strengths and their creative talents
 and assist schools to harness boys' irrepressible energy and humour in
 positive ways.

 Teachers Who Yell
 http://www.mensconfraternity.org.au/menswebpage61.html
 Boys need to be yelled at by their teachers every once in a while,
 teachers from across North America heard at a major education conference.

 Addressing The Educational Needs of Boys
 http://www.dest.gov.au/sectors/school_education/publications_resources/profiles/addressing_educational_needs_of_boys.htm
 The research report aims to investigate how systemic factors affect the
 educational performance and outcomes of boys and how these can be
 addressed in the school context.

 Yes He Can
 http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/publications/docs/3317.pdf
 This Ofsted (UK) report evaluates the factors contributing to the success
 of those schools where boys write well.

 Boys' Education: Curriculum issues
 http://www.dest.gov.au/sectors/school_education/publications_resources/profiles/boys_literacy_schooling.htm
 This report focuses on current practices in teaching educationally
 disadvantaged/underachieving boys and their literacy development.

 Education of Boys
 http://activated.det.act.gov.au/reading/curr_jour_hotlists_boyseducation.htm
 Links to current journal articles related to the topic of education of
 boys.

 Gender in the Classroom: Do Boys Learn Differently?
 http://www.cybertext.net.au/tipd/papers/week1/mulligan.htm
 Article about boys and learning.

 Single Sex or Co-educational?
 http://www.trinity.wa.edu.au/plduffyrc/issues/single.htm
 Links to sites related to the issue of single sex classes compiled by
 Rosemary K Horton, P.L Duffy Resource Centre, Trinity College, Western
 Australia.



 Boys Do Read
 http://www.namultimedia.com/boysdoread/
 This site is designed to share ideas about boys and reading with teacher
 librarians, educators and other interested parties such as parents.

 Ideas for Getting Boys to Read
 http://www.home.gil.com.au/~cbcqld/moloney/books7.htm
 Ideas to help you get boys to read.

 Books and Authors for Boys
 http://www.trinity.wa.edu.au/plduffyrc/teaching/bksboys.htm
 List of books and authors compiled by Rosemary K Horton, P.L Duffy
 Resource Centre, Trinity College, Western Australia.

 Boys: Literacy and Reading Links
 http://www.trinity.wa.edu.au/plduffyrc/teaching/boyread.htm
 Links compiled by Rosemary K Horton, P.L Duffy Resource Centre, Trinity
 College, Western Australia.

 Getting Boys to Read: It's the Context!
 http://teacher.scholastic.com/products/instructor/boysread.htm
 It\'s not the text type so much as the situation that determines why and how boys engage with reading.