Im going to take a look at this tonight...
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckgp5g34kzpo
So, thisnis going tk let me down, Southgate is half way there, he recognises a problem, but i fear the solution is going to he the usial tripe, Andrew Tate bad, boys need to be more emotionally open blah blah blah...
The answer we actually have, a lot of pedagogy studies identify early years as shaping childrens futures, boys simply fail because between 2 and 9 they are victims of the same 2 things, not having a positive male role models, and being educated (or lack of) by a system designed for girls.
By the age of 9 its already too late, and your fighting a losing battle.
There is some great stuff to read and listen to, especially around boys learning techniques. One fascinating thing was the lack of ability to climb trees in recent years. Most of the west has eradicated the chance for little children, mostly boys to learn by failure, tree climbing os generally disallowed in supervised spaces, and access to woodland areas has reduced massively.
The link between tree climbing, and risk assessment, problem solving, confidence and most importantly the most undervalued skill in todays society, the tolerance of uncertainty. Now this is not just about tree climbimg, its about adventure and instructured play, and yes there is an argument about correlation and causatiin, but they both tend to lend to the idea that boys arent taught effectively at early ages.
Without getting into the weeds too much, there is also a male role model issue, more feminisation in teaching positions, the average age of fathers increasing, fathers in the home vanishing, and those of us who work in social care with young troubled men arent seen asexamples to look up to, pay is low, strength is lacking, average age is quite high etc...
All of thisnis fristating, because most organisations that target children who cant maintain mainstream education recognise these problems and create conditions for them to enfage with.
Fingers crossed thisndoesnt let me down, because although there are studies that show promise, there isnt any political will to make any changes as of yet.
) internet talk where the advocates always pictured themselves ineligible like Rob.
