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Alloway, Nola

Dalley-Trim, Leanne

Gilbert, Rob

Trist, Stuart

English

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Written by Professor Nola Alloway, Dr Leanne Dalley-Trim,Professor Rob Gilbert, and Stuart TristSuccess for Boys: Planning Guide and Core ModuleCopyright© Commonwealth of Australia 2006This work is Commonwealth copyright. Except as permitted under the Copyright Act 1968 (Cth), no part of this publication may be reproduced by any process, electronic or otherwise, or stored in any form without the written permission of the Branch Manager, Quality Schooling Branch, Department of Education,  Science and Training.Please address inquiries to the Branch Manager, Quality Schooling Branch, Department of Education, Science and Training, GPO Box 9880, Canberra, ACT 2601.ISBN: 0 642 77586 9Published by Curriculum Corporation PO Box 177 Carlton South Vic 3053 AustraliaDisclaimerThe views expressed herein do not necessarily represent the views of the Australian Government Department of Education, Science and Training.AcknowledgementThis product was funded by the Australian Government through the Quality Outcomes Programme, administered by the Department of Education,  Science and Training.The project team would like to express their appreciation for the contribution of David McRae and Vic Zbar to the development of the programme materials. Copying for educational purposesThe Australian Copyright Act 1968 allows a maximum of one chapter or 10 per cent of this book, whichever is greater, to be copied by any educational institution for its educational purposes, provided that the educational institution (or the body that administers it) has given a remuneration notice to Copyright Agency Limited (CAL) under the Act. For details of the CAL licence for educational institutions, contact CAL, 19/157 Liverpool St, Sydney NSW 2000, tel: (02) 9394 7600, fax: (02) 9394 7601, email: info@copyright.com.au.Copying for other purposesExcept as permitted under the Act, for example fair dealing for the purposes of study, research, criticism or review, no part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any means without the prior written permission of the publisher.Written by Professor Nola Alloway, Dr Leanne Dalley-Trim, Professor Rob Gilbert and Stuart Trist Edited by Marion Russell and Associates Designed by Chris Collins, Curriculum Corporation Printed in Australia by J.S.McMillanSuccess for Boys Professional Learning Programme: written by Professor Nola Alloway, Dr Leanne Dalley-Trim, Professor Rob Gilbert,  Professor Jeannie Herbert, Lindy McKeown and Stuart TristPlanning Guide: Introduction  1Programme overview 1Background 1Programme aims 2Programme content and organisation 2Planning the school’s professional learning programme 4Activities  10Activity Sheet 1: Truths, Trends and Gems 10Activity Sheet 2: Socratic Questions 12Activity Sheet 3: ‘Desired State’ Chart (Bone Diagram) 13Activity Sheet 4: Fishbone (Cause and Effect) 14Activity Sheet 5: Expert Jigsaw 15Activity Sheet 6: Half and Half 16Activity Sheet 7: SWOT Analysis 17Activity Sheet 8: Noisy Round Robin 18Activity Sheet 9: Target Diagrams 19Activity Sheet 10: Slip Writing (with optional graph) 20Core Module: Introduction  23Use of this module 23Anticipated outcomes 24Content of the module 24Organisation of the module 24User’s Guide  26Phase 1  27What Are the Issues? What Are Your Issues?  27Phase 2  34A Conceptual Framework for Working towards Boys’ Educational Success  34Phase 3  48A Plan for Inquiry in Action  48Table of contentsReferences  53Activities  55Activity Sheet 1: The Story So Far  55Activity Sheet 2: Questions for Discussion  56Resources  57Resource 2: Guiding Principles for Success in Educating Boys 57Resource 3: A Conceptual Framework – Expanding the Repertoires of Practice 59Resource 4: The Case of ‘Ryan’ 60Resource 5: The Yanga Headlands Case 61Resource 6: Lists of Strategies for Working with Boys 64Resource 7: Caveats in Working on the Success for Boys Agenda 65Resource 8: A Sequence for Planning Inquiry in Action 65Resource 10: Evaluation and Assessment Guidelines 67Slides  72AcknowledgementsProject Team Professor Nola Alloway, Project Director, James Cook University  David Brown and Gabrielle England, Project Directors, Curriculum Corporation Stuart Trist, Project Manager, Curriculum CorporationDepartment of Education, Science and Training Giancarlo Savaris, Director, Quality Outcomes Section, Schools Outcomes Group Belinda Tyrrell and Errol Bannister, Project Managers, Quality Outcomes Section, Schools Outcomes GroupAcademic Team James Cook University Professor Nola Alloway Dr Leanne Dalley-Trim Professor Rob Gilbert Associate Professor Neil Anderson Professor Jeannie Herbert Dr Peter Boman Professor Colin LankshearProject Advisory Committee Professor Nola Alloway, James Cook University Mr Andrew Blair, Australian Secondary Principals Association Mr Roderick Crouch, Australian Primary Principals Association  Professor Peter Cuttance, University of Melbourne Mr Paul Dickie, Australian Parents Council Inc Ms Rosemary McLoughlin, National Catholic Education Commission Dr Ken Rowe, Australian Council for Educational Research Mr Les Smith, Australian Council of State School Organisations Mr Bill Toppin, National Council of Independent Schools Associations Mr Terry Woolley, Australian Education Systems Officials Committee (Department of Education and Children’s Services, SA) Trial Schools Sincere thanks to the Project Leaders and staff of the 40 government, Catholic and independent schools around Australia who made an outstanding contribution to the project through their work in the development and trialling of the project materials in 2005.ACT  Lyneham High SchoolNSW  Albion Park Rail Public School; Balgowlah Heights Public School; Blacktown Boys High School; Boggabilla Central School; Breadalbane Public School (cluster of 6 schools); Macleay Vocational College, West Kempsey; Red Bend Catholic College, Forbes; Seven Hills Public School; Shoalhaven High School, Nowra East; Toukley Public School; James Meehan High School, Macquarie FieldsNT   Driver Primary School; Kormilda College, Berrimah; Wagaman Primary SchoolQld  Abergowrie College Ingham; Bentley Park College, Edmonton (in conjunction with Gordonvale); Machans Beach State School; Pomona State School;     St Michael’s College, Cararra  SA    Belair Primary School; Cowandilla Primary School, Cowandilla; Eastern Fleurieu R–12, Strathalbyn; Rostrevor College, Woodforde; St Michael’s College, Henley BeachTas   Bridgewater High School; Claremont College Vic    Drouin Secondary College; Karingal Heights Primary School, Frankston; Minaret College, Springvale; Myrrhee Primary School (cluster of 5 schools); Narre Warren South P–12 College; Newcomb Secondary College (cluster of 7 schools); St Joseph’s College, Newtown; St Macartan’s Primary School, Mornington WA    Bunbury Catholic College; Pemberton District High School; South Newman Primary School; St Cecilia’s Primary School, Port Hedland; Thornlie Primary School (cluster of 2 schools)AcknowledgementsThe publisher and authors would like to thank the following for permission to reproduce material from the following:House of Representatives Standing Committee of Education and Training 2002, Boys: Getting it Right: Report on the Inquiry into the Education of Boys, Parliament  of the Commonwealth of Australia, Canberra; Trent F & Slade M 2001, Declining Rates of Achievement and Retention: The perceptions of adolescent males, Australian Government Department of Education, Training and Youth Affairs, Canberra; Russell J 2002, Enabling learning: The crucial work of school leaders, Australian Council  for Educational Research, Melbourne; Alloway, N, Freebody, P, Gilbert, P & Muspratt, S 2002, Boys, Literacy and Schooling: Expanding the Repertoires of Practice, Curriculum Corporation, Melbourne, also available at www.dest.gov.au/sectors/school_education/policy_initiatives_reviews/key_issues/boys_education; 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