Boys and Literacy

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What do the DCSF (Department for children, schools and families) 2007 say the gender gap is the result of?
Boys poorer literacy and language skills
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What is a reason for boys having poorer literacy and language skills?
Parents spend less time reading to their sons, another reason may be that mothers do most of the reading and therefore it can be seen as a feminine activity
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What do boys leisure activities usually involve and why does this affect their language?
Football- physical activities, which do little to help their language and communication skills
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What do girls leisure activities usually involve?
Girls tend to have a 'bedroom culture' which is centred on staying in and talking to friends
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What is poor language and literacy skills likely to affect?
Boy's performance across a wide range of subjects
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What has the government done to aid this?
Introduced a range of policies to improve boys' skills
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What does the National Literacy Trust show?
43% of boys say they enjoy reading compared with 58% of girls, 24% of boys think reading is boring compared with 13% of girls, In English SATs, 40% of girls obtained a standard higher than their expected grade, compared with 26% of boys
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What is the National Literacy Strategy?
The 1998 Labour Government introduced a national literacy strategy to raise children's especially boys' levels of achievement by 2002
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What is the Raising Boys Achievement Project?
Focuses on issues associated with different academic achievement of boys and girls in schools. It identifies strategies making a difference to boys' learning and includes mentoring and target setting
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What is the Reading Champions Scheme?
Scheme using male role models, celebrating their own reading interests, to help boys literacy skills. As boys tend to be less enthusiastic about reading than girls
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What is Playing For Success?
A programme using football and other sports aiming to raise learning skills and motivation amongst boys
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What is the Dads and Sons Campaign?
It aims to increase dads' involvement in their sons' education. UK fathers are often absent from their sons' education, which is having a detrimental affect on their level of attainment
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