Jayante Owens

Jayante Owens, an Assistant Professor at Yale focusing on social contexts in education, and Andrew Cooper, a fifth-grade teacher in Salt Lake City, explore challenges boys face in the classroom. They discuss how perceptions of boys’ behavior influence their educational outcomes. Strategies for engaging energetic boys, like movement and collaboration, are highlighted. They also tackle impulse control issues, cultural expectations, and the systemic gaps in support faced by boys, emphasizing the need for empathetic teaching approaches.

In this engaging discussion, guests Jayante Owens, an Assistant Professor at Yale specializing in organizational behavior in education, and Andrew Cooper, a dynamic fifth-grade teacher from Salt Lake City, confront the challenge of engaging boys in learning. They address how societal perceptions shape boys' behavior in the classroom and the impact on their education. They advocate for hands-on, interactive teaching methods to help boys thrive, emphasizing the need for empathy and the importance of rethinking traditional educational approaches to better support young male students.