Exploring Boys' Education (Members Channel)

Listen to this two-part episode focused on the importance of helping boys embrace healthy masculinity. In part one, gain insight from Gordon Braxton, author, activist, and educator on sexual violence. In part two, get ideas from Craig Wilkinson, founder and CEO of Father a Nation in South Africa.

IBSC Exploring Boys’ Education music composed and performed by Tom DiGiovanni. Empowering Black Boys · IBSC

Listen to this two-part episode focused on the importance of helping boys embrace healthy masculinity. In part two, get ideas from Craig Wilkinson, founder and CEO of Father a Nation in South Africa. In part one, gain insight from Gordon Braxton, author, activist, and educator on sexual violence.

IBSC Exploring Boys’ Education music composed and performed by Tom DiGiovanni. Father A Nation · IBSC

Hear from Upper Canada College (Canada) Dean of Student Life and Well-Being Scott Cowie and Coordinator of Student Well-Being Programs Laurie Fraser about their approach to enhancing boys’ well-being. Cowie and Fraser highlight the strategy, framework, and intent that underpin the school’s well-being programs and share how they operationalize this strategy to support their boys best.

IBSC Exploring Boys’ Education music composed and performed by Tom DiGiovanni. Upper Canada College · IBSC

Find out why it is essential for boys’ schools to educate students about consent and how we can help boys understand the qualities of respectful, healthy relationships. Student safety and healthy relationships expert Katie Koestner focuses on the characteristics of affirmative and enthusiastic consent to illustrate how we can empower boys to move from being bystanders to upstanders in social settings.

IBSC Exploring Boys’ Education music composed and performed by Tom DiGiovanni. Katie Koestner · Campus Outreach Services · IBSC

Gain invaluable insights about promoting well-being and resilience among all school staff from Andrew Cowley, co-founder of Healthy Toolkit and author of The Wellbeing Toolkit. Cowley explains why it’s important to focus on staff well-being in schools and details a holistic approach for schools to consider. He also offers advice for school leaders and teachers as they strive to create positive school cultures that value well-being.

IBSC Exploring Boys’ Education music composed and performed by Tom DiGiovanni. Healthy Toolkit · The Wellbeing Toolkit · Andrew Cowley on Twitter · IBSC

Get insight into the recent IBSC-commissioned report Building Learning Relationships Through the Use of Technology directly from leader of the study Professor Alison Clark-Wilson, principal research fellow at the UCL Knowledge Lab. With a special focus on boys' education, the research illuminates how technology can help and hinder productive learning relationships. Clark-Wilson also offers advice about emerging technologies that may impact the relational component of teaching and learning, technology that seems to add the greatest value to learners, and how schools might evaluate which technology to keep as they return to post-pandemic in-person learning.

IBSC Exploring Boys’ Education music composed and performed by Tom DiGiovanni. Building Learning Relationships Through the Use of Technology Report · IBSC

As Kate Parker turns her lens on boys, she shows the true emotional depth of a boy in her book, The Heart of a Boy: Celebrating the Strength and Spirit of Boyhood. Hear Parker share the insights she gained from boys as she put this project together—emphasizing boys need to be heard, nurtured, and loved.

IBSC Exploring Boys’ Education music composed and performed by Tom DiGiovanni. The Heart of a Boy on Amazon · Kate T. Parker Photography · IBSC

Join Chris Post, David Dini, and David Ferguson as they reflect on the past 18 months, discuss their current thoughts concerning the education of boys, and examine what’s ahead for IBSC. They emphasize the importance of relationships, belonging, and community; the power of gratitude and hope; and the opportunity we’ve all had to develop new patterns and pursue new challenges, while highlighting the benefit of global perspectives gained through IBSC membership.

IBSC Exploring Boys’ Education music composed and performed by Tom DiGiovanni. St. Mark's School of Texas · The Boys' Latin School of Maryland · Westlake Boys' High School · IBSC

Hear from Prince Alfred College (Australia) Headmaster Bradley Fenner and colleagues Greg Atterton and John Stewart about their approach to pastoral care. Their philosophy is closely linked to the responsibility they feel to nurture the unique qualities of each boy and the development of young men of character. Fenner, Atterton, and Stewart shed light on the principles and practices that underpin their approach.

IBSC Exploring Boys’ Education music composed and performed by Tom DiGiovanni. Prince Alfred College · IBSC

Hear from Brighton Grammar School (Australia) Headmaster Ross Featherston and Ray Swann, director of the school’s Crowther Centre, about their approach to operationalizing positive masculinity. Featherston and Swann highlight the importance of encouraging boys to embody healthy expressions of masculinity, explore the challenges boys’ schools face regarding outdated expressions of masculinity, shed light on the definition of positive masculinity, and explain the framework that guides their school’s thinking about masculinity. Learn more about this essential topic and how you can use it at your school. Brighton Grammar School · Crowther Centre · IBSC