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Boys, Men and Society. Father. Testosterone. Questions. What is our role in school and society? How as teachers can our classroom make a difference to boys?. Boy Crisis?. The struggle of boys and men to adapt to a rapidly changing society causing men to fall behind or fail. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Boys, Men and Society
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Father
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Testosterone
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Questions
• What is our role in school and society?
• How as teachers can our classroom make a difference to boys?
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Boy Crisis?
The struggle of boys and men to adapt to a rapidly changing society causing men to fall behind or fail.
• Employment/Education
• Environment/Health
• Social
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Employment
• Work force- shift away from manufacturing• 1990 20% of American jobs in manufacturing• 2012 5% (US News)• 2001-2007 U.S. lost 3 million manufacturing
jobs 500,00 have returned• 15 top expected growing professions in 202013 are traditional women professions.(Computers and Janitors)
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Changes- Women and work
• Women in management• 1970 15.9% 1980 26.2% 1990 36.6%• 2000 48.% 2012 51.5%– US Bureau of Labor
• Women who out earn their husband– 1990 24.8% 2009 37.7% Catalyst.org
• Women- Sole bread winner– 1976 6% 2010 23 %
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Title IX
• 1981-2005 • Female athletes rose 34%, teams 34%
• Male athletes fell 6%, teams fell 17%
• 400 mens college sports teams have been dropped (NCAA)
• For every woman slot created men lost 3.6 (NCAA)
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Unemployment 2010
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Stats on Health
• 1 out of 54 boys has Autism- Girls 252 (CDC)
• Men more than 2-4 times more likely to die of 36 types cancer (American Cancer Society)
• Suicide Boys 17.7 per 100,000 Girls 4.5
• 80% of suicides are of males under 25.
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CDC stats on Suicide 2010
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Stats on Boys in School
• 70% of D-E• 80% Discipline Referrals• 70% Learning disorders• 80% Behavioral Disorders• 80% Ritalin Users• 80% of High School Drop outs• 43% of College Population– American Council on Education
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Birmingham Demographics
• 81% White 12.6% African American• 89% white• 10% Special Education (77% white)• 9.33% Free or reduced Lunch (57% white)
• Groves 71% White 23% African-American• Seaholm 88% White 5% African-American
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Birmingham
• 52% Male
• MEAP reading grades 3-8 (Fall 2011)– Female 89% Male 84% proficient
• Disciplined Students 9/2011-3/2012– 71% Male of 772 (69% White)
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Seaholm
• 91 Students at Seaholm receive Special Services. 69 are boys.
• Students with disabilities: 155- boys 115-2012 Civil Rights Report
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Groves
• 2013 Fall 1st trimester D-E list• 9th 36/53• 10th24/47• 11th 46/63• 12th 27/36
• 133/199 67%
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Seaholm
• 1st tri grades 2012 104/160 65% received D-E
2nd tri grades 12-13 125/188 66.4% received D-EUnderclassman 60/82 73%
1st tri grade 2013 101/163 62%
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Survey
• 10th graders 23 boys 15 girls• Biggest Challenge in School– Boys- Paying attention– Girls specific grade issue Tests, Math etc
• Biggest Challenge out of School– Boys Balancing time– Girls Family and friends
• Change: Boys better relations with teachers
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Profile of challenges
• Poor or incomplete prenatal and infant care
• Lack of a Father/Divorce
• Environment
• Media portrayal of men
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Lack of Male Role Models
• 24 million children in fatherless homes• 1 in 3 (US Census Bureau)
• 5% of Child Care professional are men• 91% of elementary teacher women
• 82% of middle school and elementary women(U.S. Labor Bureau)
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Media Portrayal of Men
• Hyper masculinity– high risk activities- pursuing pleasure– defying social standards determined by
women
• Primitive masculinity– Uncomplicated– Inept social interactions– Easily manipulated by women
(Jeanette Erlendson, Cal Poly)
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Wounded Souls
• Boys feel that they are not loved by their parents and hated or disrespected by their peers and teachers.
• Neglect and abuse
• Bullying– Bringing up Boys by Dobson
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Brain
• 11 year old girls brain are at the ‘inflection point’ full at 21-22 (NIH)
• 15 years old for boys and 30 for full• Girls multi task better than boys. • Girls are better with oral instructions• Girls are better with word production,
expression and verbal communication.– The Minds of Boys By Michael Gurian
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Boys brain• Boys are better with lists and point-subpoint
organization.• Boys are less able to verbalize emotions and
feelings• Boys have better spatial abilities and abstract
reasoning. (Moral debates, abstract arguments)• Better deductive reasoning. Ex..SAT• Boys hear less- ex…Mom’s voice• Boys need space to learn- movement• Boys rely pictures to learn
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Brain at rest
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Brain part deux
• Boys operate with about 15% less blood flow.• Overstimulation leads to frustration• Frustration- ‘fight or flight’ more problems• “Rest state”: Essential to male brain activity. • Down time to regenerate. • Girls need less down time because of blood
flow and activity
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Lesson From Men’s magazines
• Pictures
• Lists
• Q & A
• Brackets
• Timelines
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Failure
• Failure is personal to males.
• An attack on our manhood
• Avoidance of possible failure
• “I did not try”
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Motivation
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Competition
• Brings out the best and the worst
• Winners and losers
• Ultimate competition is with yourself
• Group or team competition
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Socialization
• Season of Life by Jeff Marx
• Poverty, Drugs, Racism, Crime and the breakdown of the family are symptoms of the biggest failure of our society:
• Not teaching boys how to be men.
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Society Teaches Men
• A false concept of masculinity– Athletic Ability– Sexual Conquest– Economic Success
• This sets up men for failure. Always in competition, never good enough.
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#1 problem
• Father/Son Dysfunction
• Sons try to earn respect and love through performance
• Fathers need a clear definition of manhood and communicate that to there sons.
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Ability to love and be loved
• Displays of emotions are shunned in males
• Men lack the tools and the vocabulary to deal with their emotions
• Even men who are “successful and powerful” still fall into the trap.
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Works Cited
• Gurian, Michael, and Kathy Stevens. The Minds of Boys: Saving Our Sons from Falling behind in School and Life. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, 2005. Print.
• Dobson, James C. Bringing up Boys. Wheaton, IL: Tyndale House, 2001. Print
• Marx, Jeffrey. Season of Life: A Football Star, a Boy, a Journey to Manhood. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2004. Print.
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Works Cited
• Powell, Kevin"Manhood, Football and Suicide." CNN. Cable News Network, 03 Dec. 2012. Web. 14 Jan. 2013.
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 29 Mar. 2012. Web. 14 Jan. 2013.