Comments on: Manhood by Steve Biddulph http://www.semiliterati.com/2009/06/manhood-steve-biddulph/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=manhood-steve-biddulph author interviews, reading suggestions, book news Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:28:26 +0000 hourly 1 By: matty http://www.semiliterati.com/2009/06/manhood-steve-biddulph/#comment-721 matty Tue, 14 Jul 2009 01:44:19 +0000 http://www.semiliterati.com/?p=495#comment-721 Hi Anto, My understanding from reading the book was that the way teaching is done in most of the western world - teacher at the front, pupils sitting quietly listening and taking notes - is fairly passive and at an early age (say, up to 7) tends to suit girls better than boys. Boys tend to learn & respond better to a more active environment, where information can be learned physically and visually rather than mentally. There's a great example of active learning on TED here: http://blog.ted.com/2007/12/gever_tulley_on.php though I can't see this only appealing to young blokes. Hi Anto,

My understanding from reading the book was that the way teaching is done in most of the western world – teacher at the front, pupils sitting quietly listening and taking notes – is fairly passive and at an early age (say, up to 7) tends to suit girls better than boys.

Boys tend to learn & respond better to a more active environment, where information can be learned physically and visually rather than mentally.

There’s a great example of active learning on TED here: http://blog.ted.com/2007/12/gever_tulley_on.php though I can’t see this only appealing to young blokes.

]]> By: Anto http://www.semiliterati.com/2009/06/manhood-steve-biddulph/#comment-720 Anto Thu, 02 Jul 2009 06:57:51 +0000 http://www.semiliterati.com/?p=495#comment-720 "Biddulph takes as his starting point the assertion that something has been going slowly wrong with manhood since the Industrial Revolution" It could be argued that the opposite is true. I find this bloke a bit dramatic and the premise that you need to raise boys differently from girls is very light on facts. All kids are different but all of the basics they need to learn are the same, thats the whole point. “Biddulph takes as his starting point the assertion that something has been going slowly wrong with manhood since the Industrial Revolution”
It could be argued that the opposite is true. I find this bloke a bit dramatic and the premise that you need to raise boys differently from girls is very light on facts. All kids are different but all of the basics they need to learn are the same, thats the whole point.

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