Teachers Report That Boys Are Difficult to Discipline

IntroductionNowadays, discipline is the most challenging tasks inside the classroom. You can't teach effectively if your students are not under control. Managing a classroom effectively keeps unwanted behavior at a minimum and encourages learning for all students.

Teachers report that boys are difficult to discipline than girls. In many cases, boys are having a hard time to listen, to participate and to focus on examination and written tasks. In the classroom, the boys were given tiny, almost imperceptible signals of significance over the girls. The teacher usually referred to the boys by name but the girls in groups.

Early EducationBoys and modern education are not an idyllic match. An indoor-based day and an early emphasis on academics and visual-auditory (as opposed to hands-on) learning ask a lot of a group that arrives at school less mature. In their early years, most boys lag behind girls in developing attentiveness, self-control and language and fine motor skills.

The relatively recent acceleration of the pre-K and kindergarten curricula has occurred without awareness that the brain develops at different sequences in girls and boys, Dr. Sax says.

On balance, the general consensus seems to be that boys are more of a handful early on, and girls more challenging beginning in the preteen years.

Why boys have a hard time sitting still, do not participate in class and are unable to focus on written tasks such as assignment and exams?

Boys are diagnosed with learning disorders and attention problems at nearly four times the rate of girls. They do less homework and get a greater proportion of the low grades. Boys are more likely to drop out of school, and make up only 43% of college students. Furthermore, boys are nearly three times as likely as girls to be diagnosed with Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD).

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What should you do if you have a behavior problem with a student and the parent refuses to believe that their child misbehaves?

When parents and teachers don’t work together, everyone loses. Unfortunately, this can happen to any teacher at just about any time. If you have done everything you can to build a positive relationship with the parents of your students and if a parent still refuses to believe you or work with you, then you need to speak to a supervisor or administrator about the situation.

How do we help boys close the academic gender gap?

To help boys close to academic gap, we need the help of their parents. The home environment is the foundation to help children/students to be attentive, participate and to make good in academics.

Here are some tips to help boys close to academic gap:

1.Help him to recognize his abilities. Focus on his strengths and help him identify areas in need of improvement.

2.Set guidelines and show him how to balance “work and play time.” Be consistent with helping him manage his time.

3. For the parents. Fathers can help their son’s development by being involved with the child’s schoolwork, reading and supporting other non-athletic activities

4. For parents. Have daily or weekly check-ins with your son to talk about how what is going on at school. Use this opportunity to listen more than speak.

5. Fathers can help their son’s development by being involved with the child’s schoolwork, reading and supporting other non-athletic activities.