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with David Chadwell
Coordinator, Single-Gender Initiatives
South Carolina Department of Education
Office of Public School Choice
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
2:30pm - 4:00pm EST
Based on his successful workshops at the 2009 COSEBOC Annual Gathering in New
Orleans, David Chadwell gave a provocative and highly informative webinar on What is Working in Classes of Boys: Practical Strategies for Classroom
Teachers and Leaders, the first of many webinars to come through the sponsorship and support of COSEBOC.
In his presentation, David described the minimum of
strategies that tend to work with boys and within classrooms of
all-boys. The strategies recognized, honored, supported, and challenged the needs and opportunities of boys based upon recent research about gender
differences as well as work with over 200 schools involved in
single-gender education. Theory and research was introduced and
references supplied for further reading. Strategies were applied
within pre-K through grade 12 across all subject areas. Strategies
included community building, classroom management, direct instruction and work time. Participants were left with practical tools for the classroom whether single-gender or coed that address the needs of boys
and why these strategies can work.
About David: David Chadwell is the Coordinator for Single-Gender
Initiatives for the South Carolina Department of Education. Currently
David works with over 200 schools within South Carolina that are
involved with single-gender education. He conducts training sessions
for teachers and school districts as well as visits classrooms and
provides feedback for teachers. This work has allowed him to see first
hand what can happen in classrooms of boys, what works and what
doesn’t work. He has written a book, A Gendered Choice, on how to
create a single-gender program (to be published by Corwin in fall
2009).
See also SCDE: www.ed.sc.gov/sgi
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