Part 1 and Part 2 of the talks stand independent of each other, Part 1 being about sex differences in boys and girls that affect how we educate them and Part 2 being about how to motivate people. While Part 2 springs from the question, 'so how should we motivate those boys?', Mr. Pudewa points out that he is giving advice on how to motivate all human beings. I strongly recommend listening to Part 2, as I found it so interesting. He spends 45 minutes expanding on the basic premise that humans:
- love to do what we know we can do,
- are willing to try to do what we think we can do,
- and hate to do what we think we can't do.
Much of Mr. Pudewa's talk is based on his own twenty years of teaching experience as well as the two books by Dr. Leonard Sax on sex differences:
- "Why Gender Matters: What Parents and Teachers Need to Know about the Emerging Science of Sex Differences"
- "Boys Adrift: The Five Factors Driving the Growing Epidemic of Unmotivated Boys and Underachieving Young Men"
I've read both and recommend them for parents of boys.
Meg Meeker also has two great books on raising boys.
ReplyDeleteGreat post, a neglected subject in today's world!
Is this the talk where he tells about how he used to bite himself and is surprised to find that his wife didn't bite herself?? LOL (if you don't know the anecdote I am referring to I am sure that sounded weird). If so it was a great talk. I saved it to listen to.
ReplyDeleteThis is quickly becoming a topic I'm very passionate about. Christina Hoff Sommers also has some great material about "the war on boys."
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