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calling all teachers......

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mamaLou13 · 05/03/2012 16:33

Hiya . I am hoping someone can point me in the right direction, I am in university and i am doing a presentation on the concern for boys levels of literacy and how schools can engage them. I am trying to find reputable newspaper articles or journals and government infomation owhat schools are doing to make a difference / Initiatives and schemes in place,
? celebrity endorsements,
? what plans the government have,
I would be so grateful if somebody could tell me where to look. I have been on the TES site but there is no search engine to trawl info on there. I have just been looking through books and on google so far.
Thanks so much

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toomuchicecream · 05/03/2012 16:41

To search on TES:
Right at the top of the page in the black bar that runs across the top, towards the right hand side there is a box you can write in with a magnifying glass next to it and a drop down box. Type your search terms into the box then click on the drop down to select which part of the site you'd like it to look at.

mummytime · 05/03/2012 16:42

There is a search engine on Tes, or you can just type your query into Google. There was something involving footballers. I would also search the BBC website

MandyT68 · 05/03/2012 16:49

Google David Wray. He is, or was, the guru.

juniper904 · 05/03/2012 16:49

Try these forums on the TES:

community.tes.co.uk/forums/31.aspx
community.tes.co.uk/forums/36.aspx
community.tes.co.uk/forums/14.aspx

You'll have to make an account to post, but it's free.

When I was doing an ITT, I requested loads of resources from the DoE (or whatever it was called that month), including a 'get boys motivated' pack. When it turned up, it was a set of A2 posters in DoE colours with a picture of a boy writing. Hardly inspirational Hmm I binned them all.

One thing I would investigate is when boys began to underachieve. My mum taught year 2 for 38+ years, and she said that historically boys always out-performed girls in education, and no-one thought anything of it because they assumed boys were brighter. Then girls started over-taking them, and that's when people started creating initiatives to help boys catch up. The boys weren't doing any worse- just the girls were doing a lot better.

That's anecdotal, though, so probably no use.

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mamaLou13 · 05/03/2012 19:33

wow thank you so very much ladies. You couldn't have been more helpful! (o:

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