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Canowindra High School teachers recently participated in a program at Canobolas High School specialising in boy's education. An Australian expert on creating stronger educational outcomes for boys was the lead presenter at a school development day hosted by Canobolas High School on Monday (14 July). Perth-based Dr Ian Lillico, an Australian expert on creating stronger educational outcomes for boys was the lead presenter and focused on his speciality area of boys' education at the professional learning program, 'Educating and Managing Boys.' Dr Lillico focused on a range of boys related issues including the reason that some boys underachieve in classrooms and discussed major findings from Boys, Literacy and Schooling which has impacted on national strategies. As well as sharing strategies from Australia and overseas that he has identified as contributing to the greater success and better outcomes for boys, Dr Lillico also invited local schools to share ideas that they have found to be effective in engaging and motivating boys. While Dr Lillico's strategies and recommendations have an emphasis on boys, they are also found to have a positive influence on engaging girls in the classroom and he explored gender specific styles that can enhance the learning outcomes of both boys and girls. Dr Lillico drew on more than two decades of action research throughout Australia and New Zealand as well as in the northern hemisphere in addition to extensive experience as a teacher and educational leader in Western Australia. He is founder and current Chief Executive Officer of the Boys Forward Institute and is the author of the recently-revised Boys and the Schooling and a number of booklets on boys education.

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Educational outcomes for boys in focus