The Brain

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The Brain
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Have you ever found yourself asking these
questions?
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Its Not Just a Guy Thing, Its a Brain Thing.
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Hormonal differences that affect the brain and
ultimately behavior, begin in the womb around the
6th week after conception.
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Embryonic Boy Babies are exposed to large doses
of Male Hormones during Brain Formation.
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Male Hormones become Dramatic during Two Key
Times in a Boys Life.

• Six weeks after conception when the brain
  begins to take shape.
• During adolescence when sexuality is defined.

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Understanding the Brain
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The Male House
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The Female House
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Male Hardwiring

• Literal
• Objective
• Demand Proof or Evidence
• Singular in Purpose and Focus

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• Males must
• make choices
• and deliberately
• think about
• accessing parts
• of their brain.

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Male feelings are locked up.
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Female Hardwiring

• Subjective
• Intuitive
• The female brain is integrated

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Feelings are the Key
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The Result is Two Different Approaches to
Problems.

• Boys begin with the general
• Girls look at examples

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In General, Boys are more Compulsive, Enjoy
Problem Solving, and are more Competitive than
Girls.
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Competition
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Athletic Teams
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Special Interest Groups
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Sporting Events as Spectators
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The Competitive Nature
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Girls

1. Gravitate to small group activity.
2. Less competitive.
3. Willing to work with others in a spirit of
   cooperation.
4. Do not have the same need as boys to do it
   myself.

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Language is the Key

1. Language Acquisition
2. Use of Language
3. Two Major obstacles

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Male Brain Development

• The 1st Segment Spatial Abilities
• The Last Segment Language

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Female Brain Development

• The 1st Segment Language
• The Last Segment Spatial Abilities

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The Corpus Callosum
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Male Tendencies

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• Do one thing at a time
• Get closure
• Move to the next task

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Male Strengths

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• Boys relate well to diagrams and abstraction.
•  Boys are logical and driven to solve problems.

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Female Strengths

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• Girls use more words when they talk.
• They read more
• They write more
• They develop their verbal skills a year or more
  before boys do.

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Critical Moments

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• Kindergarten, 1st grade, and 2nd grade.
• Reading and Writing.

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Opinions Formed

• When Boys struggle
• with Reading and
• Writing in those early
• years, they often
• form Negative Attitudes
• about Learning for the
• rest of their educational
• journey.

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Processing Language

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• Bombarded by words.
• Male brains shut down.
• The blank stare.

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The Overheated Engine

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• Biologically the brain is trying to regroup.
• Like an overheated engine, it needs time to cool
  off or slow down.

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• 80

• 80 of the teacher workforce in American schools
  is female.

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Female Mastery of Language

•  1. Girls process emotive data more quickly
• than males.
• 2. They tend to be more sensory.
• 3. Use of language is more concrete rather
• than abstract.
• 4. They trust their intuition about other people

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Lack of Language

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• Lack of language can lead to expressive
  difficulty for boys
• Disconnect males emotionally
• Leads to difficulty negotiating their position in
  school and the world
• Frustration leads to nonverbal action in the form
  of violence or self-destructive behavior

• DUH?

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I Dunno, Im Fine

• Inability to articulate leads to retreat.
• Boys turn their feelings inward and retreat to
  their rooms.

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The Room

• Anyplace a guy can go and doesnt have to share
  his feelings with the rest of the world.

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The Historical Background
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Men have been Warriors.
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Men Leave Home and Sail the High Seas and Explore
Faraway Places.
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They Roam
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Heroes who Love Adventure
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Odysseus left his son, Telemachus, behind for 25
years.
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Columbus leaves his family to Discover America.
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Louis and Clark Open New Trails for Others to
Follow.
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The Impact
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Male Perception

• There are still certain expectations placed on
  males.

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Warriors of the Workplace.
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The Media Slant
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Action Movies

1. Males destroy the enemy
2. Men have superhuman strength
3. Heroes can survive anything

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Masculine Image
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Inaccurate Depictions
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